October 26, 2024, 6:01am Columns
It is important to understand countywide impacts relative to the vote on the city of Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would fund additional city police officers. Read story
October 26, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Former Rep. Liz Cheney campaigned with Vice President Kamala Harris this week as Harris seeks to win non-MAGA Republican votes in battleground states. Cheney has put herself on the line for democracy perhaps more than any Republican. But she’s not alone. Read story
October 26, 2024, 6:01am Columns
For all the innovation and brainpower associated with Washington in the last three decades, this state has a strangely tepid relationship with higher education. Read story
October 25, 2024, 6:01am Columns
At a Republican gathering last week, Dave Reichert was back to doing the Trump shuffle. Read story
October 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
With the election upon us, many voters are focused on Donald Trump’s unravelling mental state and his radical plans to kill off the democracy. But there should be space to recall his scams victimizing ordinary people and his joy in pulling them off. That speaks to character. Read story
October 23, 2024, 6:01am Columns
There are 435 voting members of the House of Representatives. But few of those districts — 55, to be exact — will be decided on Election Day, according to new data from the nonprofit organization Unite America. That’s because the vast majority of races were effectively decided during the primaries. Read story
October 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
With the election only two weeks away, let’s stipulate the futility of any attempt by my humble column — or anyone else’s — to accomplish much in the way of changing voters’ minds. So-called independents and uncommitteds may waver until the moment they step into the voting booth, but most… Read story
October 21, 2024, 6:01am Columns
As Election Day nears, voters are already casting ballots in many states. The polls show Vice President Kamala Harris holding a razor-thin margin over former President Donald Trump with only a small number of truly undecided voters. Read story
October 21, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Of the $4.5 trillion the U.S. spends on health care every year, the largest proportion — almost one-third — goes to hospitals. The cost of hospital services has consistently outpaced the overall inflation rate for at least two decades. If Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump really… Read story
October 21, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In a recent interview with John Micklethwait, editor of Bloomberg News, former President Donald Trump offered a somewhat unusual argument in favor of tariffs, which he called “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” Tariffs, he suggested, are not mainly about protecting domestic industry. Rather, they may serve as a… Read story
