November 7, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Washington’s leaders are failing their constituents on transportation infrastructure. Though Congress is wrangling over a federal bill that could bring billions for our state’s roads and culverts, the Legislature and Gov. Jay Inslee have been disappointingly slow to fix the neglect that wastes time and fortune. That’s shocking, especially with… Read story
November 6, 2021, 6:03am Columns
Sometimes news breaks at just the right time. Read story
November 6, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Which should we be most worried about, our species or our nation? Read story
November 5, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Maybe white students deserve more credit than they get. Read story
November 4, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks big about his love, love, love for private enterprise — how his state doesn’t tax big incomes and regulates with a light hand. The actual performance of Texas companies — relatively mediocre of late — will not be helped by Abbott’s lust to invade corporate… Read story
November 4, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Forget Congress. It has become a joke. Trusting it with the American future is like trusting Donald Trump to retire from bombast. Perhaps I exaggerate, but a screech or two for help is needed because we are right now witnessing a degeneration that bodes poorly for all of us, even… Read story
November 3, 2021, 6:01am Columns
As a young reporter on the cops and courts beat, I developed a pretty jaundiced view of television detective dramas that solved the murder by uncovering a surprise perpetrator in the span of an hour. Read story
November 2, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Headlines are projecting that the prospects for the upcoming holidays look bleak. Read story
November 1, 2021, 6:01am Columns
As global leaders gather in Glasgow, desperately seeking to save our overheating planet from this cataclysmic cycle of worst-ever storms and droughts, floods and famines, wildfires and weather-hells, the leader whose voice will likely dominate the 26th United Nations climate change conference will probably be the one who told the… Read story
November 1, 2021, 6:01am Columns
People ask me all the time why I consider myself a conservative. I can actually answer that easily in just two words: personal responsibility. There is a group of dads in Louisiana who are a wonderful example of just what I mean. Read story
