January 15, 2020, 6:01am Columns
The Legislature began its 2020 session Monday, and while the lawmakers will spend most of the next two months in Olympia, there are ways a person with a particular concern, issue or pet peeve can keep tabs on them without making the trip through metropolitan Puget Sound traffic. Read story
January 14, 2020, 6:01am Columns
When the Consumer Technology Association announced that Ivanka Trump, elder daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, would be a keynote speaker at CES 2020, some of the very people who had been pushing for more female speakers, and more diversity in general, at the country’s premier tech confab actually… Read story
January 12, 2020, 6:02am Columns
Now it matters, doesn’t it? Read story
January 12, 2020, 6:01am Columns
A lot of hand-wringing followed the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani — and it became even worse in the wake of Iran’s missile strikes Tuesday. Read story
January 12, 2020, 6:01am Columns
Rebel is one of the lucky ones. Starved, neglected and chained outdoors in rural Tennessee in the freezing cold, the bone-thin dog likely wouldn’t have survived more than another day or two. But last month, a kind man who was working on a power line nearby noticed him, along with… Read story
January 12, 2020, 6:01am Columns
As my students return to class this week, the newest equipment needed for school lockdowns will be there to greet them. It was delivered to my 11th-grade Advanced Placement Language and Composition class in the fall during a lesson on how to construct a thesis. My juniors cheered its arrival… Read story
January 12, 2020, 6:01am Columns
A lot of information has been shared about the upcoming vote to annex the City of Battle Ground to Clark County Fire District 3. The reason annexation is being considered is to protect quality emergency services for our community. It’s important to remember that emergency services include police as well… Read story
January 10, 2020, 6:01am Columns
My favorite picture of John Lewis is a mugshot. Read story
January 9, 2020, 6:01am Columns
It is 2020, the start of a new year, of a new decade, of revived hope, of renewed determination. Tradition says it’s time for resolutions while reality says they seldom work. But there is, in fact, much amiss in this American nation we love, and we must fight back, peacefully,… Read story
January 8, 2020, 6:01am Columns
The year 2020 stretches before us as a blank slate full of possibilities, like a fresh coat of overnight snow on the front lawn before the neighbor’s dog makes his morning rounds. Read story
