July 5, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Bad debates happen, as Joe Biden’s supporters say. But that wasn’t a debate. Biden stood there in an apparent cloud of fatigue, while Donald Trump lied his way throughout, ignoring the uncomfortable questions, of which there were several. Read story
July 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In a blockbuster decision, the Supreme Court has held for the first time that social media platforms, just like newspapers, have First Amendment rights that bar the government from forcing them to leave up or take down content. Read story
July 3, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The Northwest Progressive Institute, a liberal group, thinks Washington voters would support having their Legislature in session all year. Read story
July 2, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In the 1981 film “History of the World, Part 1,” Moses, played by director Mel Brooks, descends from Mount Sinai bearing three stone tablets engraved with the Fifteen Commandments that convey the laws of God to man. Read story
July 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The first political ads of the year have been released into the wild, and the early reviews are that it’s looking to be a Republican year. Read story
July 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Before heading off to North Korea recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a “peace” offering to Ukraine. Read story
July 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Things got violent outside a Los Angeles orthodox synagogue last week, leading the mayor at a press conference to say that a ban on wearing masks to such protests should be considered. A number of the pro-Palestinian protesters, who blocked entrance to the synagogue and ended up in fistfights and… Read story
July 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
There’s good debt, and there’s bad debt. Good debt is a $465 million government loan for your fledgling electric-car company that helps it become the world’s biggest automaker. Bad debt is maxing out your credit cards to buy cartoon apes in 2022. Read story
July 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
For the second time in two years, an abortion-related decision from the Supreme Court has appeared before its due date. Unlike the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, leaked by a person or persons still unknown, the latest case, about Idaho’s abortion ban, got out by accident when someone at… Read story
July 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
There were many firsts attending Thursday night’s mud wrestle between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It was the earliest presidential debate in history. The first between two candidates of such a ripe age. The only one ever pitting the occupant of the Oval Office against the man he ousted from… Read story
