April 5, 2020, 6:02am Columns
One of the revealing things about a crisis is that it exposes our priorities. The things that are important to us. The things we consider essential. Read story
April 5, 2020, 6:01am Columns
Everyone’s been focused on how the coronavirus has infected the economy. But it’s also sickening democracy, with primaries postponed and plummeting voter turnout in the few elections that have been held. Read story
April 5, 2020, 6:01am Columns
The strain of the coronavirus pandemic should have the entire health care system focused intently on quality and safety. Yet the dismissal of Bellingham doctor Ming Lin shows how misguided business practices can hold back medical providers in a time of crisis. Read story
April 5, 2020, 6:01am Columns
walking, bicycles, electric scooters, skateboards, or electric bikes — is at the heart of the New Urbanism movement. New Urbanism resonates in Vancouver City Council’s support for removing parking and adding bike lanes on Columbia Street, a main thoroughfare connecting the old neighborhoods north of the downtown core south to… Read story
April 3, 2020, 6:01am Columns
My editor groaned when I told her the subject of this column. Read story
April 2, 2020, 6:01am Columns
In February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a conference call on COVID-19 and warned, as The New York Times reported, that 160 million to 214 million Americans could become infected and 200,000 to 1.7 million might die. On March 3, the World Health Organization noted that globally… Read story
April 1, 2020, 6:01am Columns
Government officials and other politicians continue to try navigating life in the time of the coronavirus, during which the efforts of unusual bipartisanship don’t completely mute the traditional brickbats of campaign operations. Read story
March 31, 2020, 6:01am Columns
Look, I know it’s hard to do when the coronavirus is coming after us, but stand up and cheer. The world is better off than ever. People are healthier and living longer. Poverty is shrinking. Hundreds of millions of people have been rescued from misery. People are eating better than… Read story
March 30, 2020, 1:39pm Columns
The stars aligned for Greg Peavey last year. Now, he’s hoping for some celestial help in his first season as the baseball coach at Hudson’s Bay High School. “The first couple of weeks of practice were great,” Peavey said. “We’ve got a great group of kids with some good seniors… Read story
March 30, 2020, 10:41am Columns
“We have it totally under control. It’s going to be just fine.” Read story
