August 15, 2021, 6:01am Columns
As Americans wrestle over how to defeat the delta variant of COVID-19, China’s government is still refusing to provide the data necessary to determine the origins of the pandemic. Read story
August 15, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Here’s some news about Donald Trump’s racket of claiming the election was stolen so that he can raise gobs of money: It’s working. Read story
August 15, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Unfortunately, Barack Obama was wrong when he blamed pundits for trying “to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states.” Read story
August 15, 2021, 6:01am Columns
State and federal government failed to stem the deepening economic challenges confronting many Washington communities long before COVID-19 cut into lives and livelihoods. Old timber towns with shuttered mills, flood-soaked cities and rural areas without high-speed broadband suffered dearths of economic opportunity. Read story
August 15, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Back in May, Gov. Jay Inslee celebrated a big win on climate legislation as he signed into law two bills meant to reduce the state’s carbon emissions. But before doing so, he vetoed key provisions in each proposal that tied their implementation to a yet-to-materialize statewide transportation-spending package. Read story
August 14, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Although trying to sound nice and balanced about it, President Joe Biden has snubbed a Supreme Court decision, an act of executive autocracy meant to temporarily prevent the evictions of renters not able to pay their rent. Read story
August 13, 2021, 6:01am Columns
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” Read story
August 12, 2021, 6:01am Columns
We’re playing the tiniest of violins for Sam Kendricks, the champion pole vaulter from Mississippi who was thrown out of the Tokyo Games after testing positive for COVID-19. Read story
August 11, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The city of Yakima is following the lead of Spokane and giving its voters a say on a charter amendment banning a local income tax. Read story
August 9, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Veteran Washingtonians scoffed when candidate Joe Biden said he believed many Republican lawmakers were open to a more conciliatory approach than their fierce partisanship of recent years. Read story
