February 18, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Around Valentine’s Day, love is certainly in the air. Society would surely benefit if marriage was in the atmosphere, too. Compelling data shows that strong families, which include married parents, make for safer communities and a more robust economy. Read story
February 17, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Recently, legislatures in three more states targeted trans kids, expanding the political effort to use transgender issues as the latest wedge in right-wing politics. Read story
February 16, 2023, 6:01am Columns
‘We used to be No. 1 in the world in infrastructure,” President Joe Biden lamented last week. “We’ve sunk to 13th.” And then, as if he couldn’t believe it: “The United States of America, 13th in the world in infrastructure.” Read story
February 16, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The Chinese balloon that floated across the United States this month, apparently on a mission to collect intelligence, began its journey as a curiosity. Then it became a political metaphor: a symbol of U.S. weakness to Republicans, a sign of President Joe Biden’s prudence to Democrats. Read story
February 15, 2023, 6:03am Columns
Joe Biden’s America has embarked on a muscular industrial policy aimed at curbing climate change, building U.S. manufacturing and competing with China. Read story
February 14, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Whether you believe that human beings were created by an all-powerful God in a universe designed for their sustenance and enjoyment or, on the other hand, that the universe Big Banged itself into existence and humanity resulted from a long string of spontaneous chemical reactions and mutations and now occupies… Read story
February 13, 2023, 6:03am Columns
At the Statehouse in Olympia, they are embroiled in what seems like a silly little scandal. It involves lawmakers invoking an obscure doctrine called “legislative privilege” as a dodge to keep their official emails and texts secret. Read story
February 13, 2023, 6:03am Columns
While the state has established rules for Washington’s cannabis industry, it has neglected to thwart the serious potential harm caused by high-potency extracted cannabis. Further indolence puts children and adults at risk of serious harm, including schizophrenia and other mental health impacts. Read story
February 13, 2023, 6:03am Columns
There are moments, during horrific natural disasters such as the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, when you can witness the best that mankind is capable of — the noble behavior that often emerges during a crisis. The endless Twitter videos of dramatic rescues move me to tears. But then anger… Read story
February 13, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Here at the intersection of the news media, policy and politics, the unsubtle destabilizing — and sometimes deliberate sabotaging — of our democracy is proceeding on pace. Read story
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