March 20, 2023, 6:01am Columns
For the first half of his speech as the Republican representative at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, Mike Pence served up the typical mix of self-deprecating humor and jabs at the political opposition. Read story
March 19, 2023, 6:03am Columns
Speaker Laurie Jinkins and other House Democratic leaders should ensure bipartisan legislation to change police pursuit policies is brought to the floor for a vote. A majority of state senators and Gov. Jay Inslee support it. Read story
March 19, 2023, 6:03am Columns
When state lawmakers gathered recently to fight about guns, they ended up going off on a jag about something else entirely: Masculinity. Read story
March 19, 2023, 6:03am Columns
Ken Salazar, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, met with the Los Angeles Times for more than an hour while visiting California in November. He was eager to talk up the celebrations surrounding the U.S.-Mexico diplomacy bicentennial. We were eager to talk about the border. The pas de deux featured a… Read story
March 19, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Let’s be grateful that Ron DeSantis devotes so much of his time raging over drag queens and bragging how he punished Disney for disagreeing with him. An obsessive pursuit of “woke” has kept the Florida governor and apparent presidential candidate from mucking around serious matters. But, sadly, not always. Read story
March 18, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Before I had kids, I can remember thinking, as I watched a mom struggling with her toddler in the grocery store: I won’t ever find myself in such a predicament. I’ve read a ton about effective parenting strategies. I will know what to do. It’s simple. Read story
March 17, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Elizabeth Warren has issued serial apologies for saying, when asked whether Joe Biden should keep Kamala Harris as his running mate, “I really want to defer to what makes Biden comfortable on his team.” She went on to say, “I like Kamala,” which is what we call “damning with faint… Read story
March 15, 2023, 6:01am Columns
You may or may not have heard of the proposed new “wealth tax.” Supporters argued during a legislative hearing last week the proposal would have strong public support based on a recent poll that suggests some two-thirds of voters would back a new tax on the “very wealthy.” Read story
March 15, 2023, 6:01am Columns
It wasn’t a 9/11 terrorist attack, a Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, a new COVID-19 pandemic or still another mass shooting, but the opposite. It was something beautiful and inspiring, a look upward instead of downward. Read story
March 14, 2023, 6:01am Columns
I like public schools for the same reason that William Faulkner hated the Post Office. Read story
