June 28, 2024, 6:01am Columns
When Dave Reichert, a Republican candidate for governor, was campaigning in Southwest Washington last week, the charged subject of homelessness came up. Read story
June 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Over his half-century career, Anthony Fauci learned what it was like to be both loved and loathed. Read story
June 25, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Here are three suggestions for a debate that should not even be happening (See Suggestion Three): Read story
June 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
One of my patients who lives in Diné Bikéyah, the vast Navajo reservation in New Mexico, sleeps in an old Ford pickup truck that often doesn’t start. He has heart failure and relies on oxygen. But since he is without electricity, he spends his nights sneaking into the Walmart parking… Read story
June 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Humanity is about to turn a major population corner, according to a new estimate. A recent article in the Lancet predicts that by 2030, we’ll no longer be reproducing fast enough to replace ourselves. Read story
June 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The best oil spill response is doing everything possible to ensure one never happens in the first place. The environmental consequences are severe — and often permanent. Preventing another Exxon Valdez-like disaster, such as that which devastated hundreds of miles of Alaska’s coastline in 1989, must remain a top priority… Read story
June 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
I have before me a “traffic summons” from my city’s police department. It features three pictures, two of the back of my car and a close-up of the license plate. Read story
June 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
By nightfall on Oct. 7, Israel was reeling as never before from the aftershocks of Hamas’ horrific slaughtering, raping and kidnapping of civilian hostages in the homeland that was created to be the sanctuary of Holocaust survivors. And two things were certain: Israel would be retaliating, and thousands of Gaza’s… Read story
June 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In a 6-3 ruling along ideological lines, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has decided that congressional intent be damned. The court sided with a plaintiff who had sued the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ determination that bump stocks basically turned legal firearms into prohibited machine guns. Read story
June 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Thank you, Republican rank and file. You keep putting down in writing what the smooth-talking politicians won’t admit. Read story
