September 29, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Special commissions are busy around the state with the once-in-a-decade task of drawing new lines for congressional, legislative, county and municipal districts. Read story
September 28, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney sat at a witness table in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room. All eyes were on her, but not for the reasons we were used to. As her teammates and the FBI director looked on, she recounted how, six years earlier, she had detailed her childhood… Read story
September 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
In Loco Parentis? Read story
September 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Fewer Americans are getting news from social media, particularly Facebook, according to a new study from Pew Research. Read story
September 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking Senate Republican, says that “the debt limit needs to be increased.” He also says Republicans are not going to vote for it. He thinks the Democrats can and should do it on their own. This stance makes political sense, but no other kind,… Read story
September 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
“If you want to leave, take good care, hope you make a lot of nice friends out there.” Read story
September 26, 2021, 6:02am Columns
There is an old saying that a camel is a horse designed by committee. It might not be as witty as “an elephant is a mouse drawn to government specifications,” but it seems applicable in this case. Read story
September 26, 2021, 6:01am Columns
President Joe Biden sounded all the right notes in his Tuesday address to the United Nations General Assembly. He spoke on the need for global cooperation against pandemics and the climate crisis, as well as the need to counter rising autocracies by means other than warfare. Read story
September 26, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s massive victory in California’s recall election should spray some water on overheated predictions that Democrats will lose big in the 2022 midterm elections. And that’s not the only source of hope for the Democratic Party. Read story
September 26, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The U.S. Department of Justice should drop its legal challenge to a state law that helps Hanford workers receive timely and needed medical benefits for on-the-job injuries. Read story
