February 13, 2023, 6:01am Columns
One sunny spring morning in May 2020, President Donald Trump stood in the White House Rose Garden and announced what would turn out to be his administration’s most striking success: Operation Warp Speed, which combined an influx of money with some trimming of bureaucracy to generate safe and effective vaccines… Read story
February 12, 2023, 6:03am Columns
Looking down Interstate 5 at struggling Portland lately, it’s been hard not to wonder if we’re seeing a harbinger of sorts for our own city. Read story
February 12, 2023, 6:03am Columns
Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread through mammals and is ominously appearing among wild and domesticated animals around the globe. Read story
February 12, 2023, 6:03am Columns
The president didn’t seem to mind. When Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene couldn’t restrain herself from calling out “liar,” he was ready. When others started booing, he took them on. Read story
February 11, 2023, 6:01am Columns
In Joe Biden’s America, it’s morning. Read story
February 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
On top of genocide of Chinese Muslims, crushing Hong Kong’s democracy and plans to take over enterprising and happily independent Taiwan, the super-ambitious, totalitarian, morally misinformed Chinese Communist Party has been coming after the United States in every way imaginable. Read story
February 8, 2023, 6:03am Columns
Washington legislators have been busy trying to solve the state’s problems, both large and small. In the first 28 days of the 105-day session, they introduced 1,457 bills, or roughly 10 bills for each member. Read story
February 7, 2023, 6:03am Columns
Democrats loudly complained when Republicans threw Rep. Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee. But they should have thanked them, at least quietly. Read story
February 6, 2023, 6:03am Columns
‘We have no choice but to make hard decisions,” Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern recently said. He leads the Republican Study Committee, a group of more than 160 Republican lawmakers that recently called for making cuts in Social Security. Read story
February 6, 2023, 6:03am Columns
From his bully pulpit, President Joe Biden can lead a national discussion of police reform after the killing of Tyre Nichols. His best response would confront key questions without setting off a repeat of the same tired rationalizations from defensive leaders on the right. Read story
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