August 22, 2021, 6:02am Columns
For those of us on the north side of the Columbia River, the Interstate 5 Bridge is just that – a bridge. Read story
August 22, 2021, 6:01am Columns
When President Joe Biden announced last April he would withdraw the last U.S. troops from Afghanistan, he pledged to do it “responsibly, deliberately and safely” while that country’s U.S.-trained forces “continue to fight valiantly” for the freedom of the Afghan people. Read story
August 22, 2021, 6:01am Columns
According to a report in The Columbian, those arrested in connection with the July 23 murder of Clark County Sgt. Jeremy Brown may have fled from law enforcement officers hours earlier. I received a similar report from someone with close ties to the local law enforcement community. Read story
August 22, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Unlawful traffic across the southern U.S. border is not one-way, a fact driven home by a federal lawsuit filed this month by the Mexican government against a host of U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors. It’s a somewhat brazen — and welcome — move. Read story
August 20, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Chris Rock described it as a kind of temper tantrum. Read story
August 18, 2021, 6:01am Columns
While newspaper reporters must be wary of pronouncing trends — that’s the purview of cable news talking heads who guard their territory jealously — some evidence points to a cooling in Washington’s love affair with the great populist institution known as the ballot initiative measure. Read story
August 17, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Eight and a half years ago, Paul Salopek set out on a long walk: 21,000 miles across four continents. He’s still walking. Read story
August 16, 2021, 6:01am Columns
They told them they had bad blood. Read story
August 16, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The new policy of the National Football League hits players and teams exactly where it hurts. Read story
August 15, 2021, 6:02am Columns
This time, apparently, she really, really means it. Despite taking an oath in January to uphold the U.S. and state constitutions, and despite doing the same two years prior and two years before that, state Rep. Vicki Kraft saw the need to remind us of her vow just over a… Read story
