September 9, 2024, 6:01am Columns
It was every parent’s nightmare — news Wednesday morning of a lockdown at Apalachee High School turned into reports of gunfire, then injuries, then deaths. As of Wednesday afternoon, four people at the Winder high school were reported dead, including students. Nine were injured, and, horrifically, the shooter was confirmed… Read story
September 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
It’s time for “safe state” voters to be more than nervous spectators and symbolic participants in presidential elections. Read story
September 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
It’s doubtful that any contemporary political faction has been betrayed by its host party more often, or more publicly, than the anti-abortion movement. Read story
September 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
A grass-roots movement spearheaded by east Vancouver residents, Save Vancouver Streets, is sending a message to the city: Consider voters’ views when transforming streets. Read story
September 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Like Joe Biden in June, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is the candidate with the most at stake when the presidential nominees appear together next week for the first time in the 2024 presidential race. Read story
September 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
It’s been 15 years since workers earning the federal minimum wage got a raise. The cost of living has gone up more than 45 percent since then, with rents and home prices rising faster than incomes in most regions of the country. Yet the nation’s wage floor has stayed stuck… Read story
September 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns
There’s no job on Earth less attractive than being a head of state forced to decide between cutting a hostage deal with terrorists that risks encouraging repetition, or consigning innocents to be murdered. Read story
September 5, 2024, 6:01am Columns
How was the chicken prepared? That’s the punchline to a joke that occurred to me when an avid Trump-supporting MAGA friend sent me an article calling into question some aspects of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s military service record. Read story
September 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Former President Donald Trump did something breathtakingly cynical, certainly immoral and probably illegal last week. Read story
September 3, 2024, 6:01am Columns
There is nothing even remotely surprising about Donald Trump’s latest capitulation on abortion. Read story
