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Westneat: Seattle sockeye migrate by truck

July 6, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Maybe the best catchall phrase I’ve seen for what defines the Pacific Northwest is: “Wherever the salmon can get to.” Read story

Local View: Stand up for our democracy

July 5, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Former President Ronald Reagan once described America as “a shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people everywhere.” He and his successors were fully committed to the beacon light of freedom, but that started to diminish in 2020. Read story

Pitts: Ex-White House aide proves she’s free of Trump

July 4, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Dear Republicans: That’s what a free woman looks like. Read story

Schmidt: Say no to negative partisanship

July 4, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Democratic President Lyndon Johnson is reported to have said that then-Republican Rep. Gerald Ford “is so dumb that he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.” T Read story

Flynn: Our freedoms are under attack; time for action

July 4, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Recent headlines, from the Jan. 6 committee’s hearings to the Supreme Court rolling back the right to reproductive health care, profoundly implicate the freedom that many will celebrate this Independence Day. Read story

Other Papers Say: Russian threat to G-7 and NATO is real

July 4, 2022, 6:01am Columns

By definition, meetings of global leaders are important even if they’re not always consequential. Last month’s G-7 and NATO summits were substantive, particularly in producing a more clear-eyed view of Russia. Read story

Leubsdorf: Conservative Supreme Court digs in

July 4, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Two significant recent Supreme Court decisions — loosening some restrictions on American’s gun owners and restricting abortions for the nation’s women — represent the ultimate impact of Donald Trump’s narrow 2016 election victory over Hillary Clinton. Read story

Westneat: Myth of the praying coach

July 4, 2022, 6:01am Columns

The praying Bremerton coach won a great victory in the U.S. Supreme Court last week. But to get that win, he lost his way. Read story

Jayne: Roe ruling goes beyond choice

July 3, 2022, 6:02am Columns

It was an epiphany. Read story

Local View: Consider drug decriminalization consequences

July 3, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Initiative 1922 promoting drug decriminalization for Washington will likely be on the November ballot. Proponents state it aims to “stop treating drug use as a crime and remove the fear of arrest as a barrier to engagement and recovery.” But recent reports from a similar scheme in Portland tell voters… Read story