December 15, 2020, 6:01am Columns
The days right after an election are an ideal time for political parties to work on fixing bad habits. Read story
December 14, 2020, 6:01am Columns
It is the worst of times, squared. Even on his best day, America’s 45th president cannot stop beating the dickens out of our democracy. Read story
December 14, 2020, 6:01am Columns
November’s election revealed many things about our current political landscape, the most striking of which is that the Democratic coalition is not as ironclad as once thought. Read story
December 13, 2020, 6:01am Columns
Texas has filed an application to the Supreme Court to initiate a lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia — four swing states that Joe Biden won in the presidential election. The lawsuit is a piece of theater, not a credible legal strategy. Read story
December 13, 2020, 6:01am Columns
Washington’s new smartphone-based alert system for COVID-19 exposure arrived as promising news Nov. 30. Read story
December 13, 2020, 6:01am Columns
As a politics fan, a former journalist and retired journalism director at Clark College, I thoroughly enjoyed Jim Camden’s report “In 1991 more than one-third of Washington was represented in the Legislature by two parties. In 2021? Hardly any.” The piece, which appeared online, was highly informative and important. Read story
December 13, 2020, 6:01am Columns
Well, Seattle, with Donald Trump out of the way, it appears we can go back to our regularly scheduled political programming. Read story
December 10, 2020, 6:01am Columns
President-elect Joe Biden proudly has announced that his White House senior communications team will be “filled entirely by women.” Read story
December 9, 2020, 6:01am Columns
In 40 years of chronicling life in the Alaskan interior, Dermot Cole has seen no end of hustles and grand plans play out in America’s last frontier. Read story
December 8, 2020, 6:01am Columns
President Donald Trump came to office unencumbered by close study of our founding documents. Read story