July 5, 2021, 6:01am Columns
One thing shined through pretty clearly when the Seattle mayoral candidates debated last week. And no, it wasn’t who would be the best choice to try to manage the ungovernable city. Read story
July 5, 2021, 6:01am Columns
A funny thing happened on the way to California’s collapse. It didn’t happen. Read story
July 5, 2021, 6:01am Columns
For a few blessed weeks there, it was possible to believe the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was nearing its end. Case numbers were plummeting, restaurants were reopening, and life seemed almost normal. Read story
July 4, 2021, 6:01am Columns
It didn’t take long for President Joe Biden to show how difficult it will be to achieve his twin goals of a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a massive package of Democratic domestic priorities. Read story
July 4, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Suppose you’re in a battlefield with bad guys coming at you full force and you have the means of stopping them, but, while calling your own troops names, you pull them off the field, letting the bad guys have their murderous way. Read story
July 4, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Plenty of people are worried about political polarization. U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, is doing something about it. Read story
July 4, 2021, 6:01am Columns
On June 22, the Heights Coalition of local neighborhoods presented a well-organized public forum for mayoral and city council candidates. The event drew an audience of local opinion leaders and Heights Coalition advocates, aware they will be voting in a primary election in just over a month. Read story
July 3, 2021, 6:01am Columns
It has to go down as one of the greatest stunts in political history. Read story
July 2, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Gov. Jay Inslee was doing his best barker routine the other day — exhorting, pleading, and ultimately luring with shiny objects, as he tried to get the holdouts and skeptics to step inside the tent. Read story
July 1, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Water has been generating conflicts and controversies in the U.S. for centuries, but the American West could be heading toward the most severe water shortages and skirmishes in the nation’s history. The latest clash broke out this month along California’s border with Oregon in the Klamath River basin, where drought… Read story
