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Westneat: Aging a fact, not a scandal

July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns

‘It’s the nouns that go first.” Read story

Estrich: Court crowns a king

July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns

‘With fear for our democracy,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor concludes in her brilliant dissent in Trump v. United States, “I dissent.” Read story

Abcarian: Why acknowledging gun violence crisis matters

July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns

Hey, cheer up: The news is not all bad. Read story

Carter: Corner Post ruling could resonate

July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns

Before announcing the outcome of last week’s Supreme Court decision in Corner Post Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Justice Amy Coney Barrett joked that it wasn’t the case the multitude had packed the courtroom to hear. And with the presidential immunity decision being handed down… Read story

Leubsdorf: Biden’s down, but is he out?

July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns

Democratic leaders are trying to contain the political damage after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance accentuated concerns that doubts about his age will destroy an otherwise winnable race against Donald Trump. Read story

Other Papers Say: Ease military housing burden

July 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns

For military families stationed in the Pacific Northwest, an assigned base doesn’t often double as home. Most service members — roughly 3 in 4 at Joint-Base Lewis-McChord, the region’s largest installation — bring their families to live in surrounding communities. They face the same sticker shock as anyone living here… Read story

Harrop: Population-decline issue can be handled

July 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns

Americans have this big obsession over population. One reason is that reports related to population come with numbers. Numbers give politicians and journalists something concrete to either agonize or crow over. The problem with this approach is that the numbers don’t necessarily reflect the living reality of people being counted. Read story

Lopez: Ditch Biden replacement fantasy

July 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns

President Joe Biden’s debate performance was deeply unsettling. Democrats nevertheless need to calm down, take a deep breath and figure out what matters. Biden is the same man he was before the debacle: solid on policy but short on style. Read story

Feldman: Hail Emperor Donald Trump

July 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns

In a sweeping decision that constitutionalizes the modern reality of the imperial presidency, the U.S. Supreme Court has established near-total criminal immunity for Donald Trump’s official acts while he was president. It’s an outcome that would have astonished the nation’s founders, who feared precisely that if the chief executive amassed… Read story

Donnelly: Experts more qualified than judges for solution

July 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 28 decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson has the potential to impact for the better our community’s approach to homelessness. The opinion presents us with a glimmer of opportunity. In the long run, homeless individuals and communities at large will benefit. Read story