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Westneat: Making unvaccinated pay

October 10, 2021, 6:01am Columns

As I’ve been writing these past weeks on society’s conundrum of the unvaccinated, there’s been a rising chorus, both from readers and some medical commentators, that it’s past time for a harsher approach: Making them pay. Read story

Local View: Remote testimony increases access

October 10, 2021, 6:01am Columns

Two days before Christmas last year, I felt a sense of relief having just paid up every penny I owed on rent using emergency rental assistance. Then, just three days after Christmas, I received a 60-day notice to vacate my home. Read story

Crisp: U.S. nears tipping point

October 9, 2021, 6:01am Columns

We Americans are 330,000,000 people trying to find a way to travel together to the same place. Read story

Harrop: Left’s demands splitting party

October 8, 2021, 6:01am Columns

Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Seattle has been all over TV trying to look reasonable with her ingratiating smile and syrupy references to the left’s interest in “negotiations.” At issue is the Democrats’ final number on its social spending bill. Read story

Camden: Law is what judges say it is

October 6, 2021, 6:01am Columns

Whenever a political reporter writes on a controversial topic, it’s almost a sure thing that the next day’s email, voicemail and social media feeds will be filled with missives from self-styled “experts” opining why a particular action is or isn’t constitutional. Read story

McManus: Warning: Jan. 6 was not a one-time event

October 5, 2021, 6:01am Columns

Nine months ago, when followers of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol to halt the election of Joe Biden, the insurrection appeared to be the work of an extremist fringe led by right-wing militias and pro-Trump zealots. Read story

Harrop: GOP helped incur debt it now tries to disown

October 4, 2021, 6:02am Columns

This is not about what would happen were the United States to default on its debt. It’s about what occurred in 2011 when one party just threatened to let that happen. Read story

Other Papers Say: Generals can handle the truth

October 4, 2021, 6:01am Columns

Congressional testimony last week by the top Pentagon officials charged with the Afghanistan pullout made clear that President Joe Biden opted against their recommendation against completely withdrawing U.S. troops. Instead, Biden insisted on a hasty pullout, leading to disastrous results. Read story

Leubsdorf: GOP doubles down on doubt

October 4, 2021, 6:01am Columns

The Texas secretary of state’s announcement of a four-county audit of the 2020 vote is the latest sign of the continuing effort by former President Donald Trump’s supporters to cast doubt on the last election with an eye toward influencing the next one. Read story

Westneat: ‘Masks Off’ act misses the mark

October 4, 2021, 6:01am Columns

Last week when I featured the psychologist who had predicted we humans would veer off-kilter in a pandemic, he said the one thing he hadn’t foreseen is how much the public health effort would get bizarrely undermined from the top down. Read story