December 30, 2019, 6:01am Columns
He was the last of the firsts. Read story
December 29, 2019, 6:00pm Columns
High schools: Tim Martinez Read story
December 29, 2019, 6:01am Columns
The Internet exploded in a rare moment of horrified unity this month, after Wired UK published an article about a new toilet supposedly being promoted to workplaces. Wired said the creator of the StandardToilet told them that it is slanted at a 13-degree downward angle designed to put pressure on… Read story
December 29, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Few jobs are ever easy. But the last year for the roughly 2 million federal employees of the United States has been more than just difficult. For some, it’s been expensive. For many, it’s been demoralizing. And for the Foreign Service officers who came forward to tell the House Intelligence… Read story
December 29, 2019, 6:01am Columns
This editorial originally appeared in The News Tribune of Tacoma: Read story
December 29, 2019, 6:01am Columns
They were 235 days that shook the world, rattled China’s regime and refuted the most pernicious wishful thinking since the appeasement of dictators collapsed eight decades ago. Nothing more momentous happened in 2019 than Hong Kong’s heroic insurrection. Read story
December 26, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Focused on impeachment, Democrats may ignore the crucial lessons they need to learn from the smashing victory by Britain’s Trump clone, Boris Johnson, in elections this month. Read story
December 25, 2019, 6:01am Columns
In the spirit of the Christmas season, when the Bible says wolves can live peacefully with lambs, we here at Spin Control hope that Trump supporters can share a holiday dinner with Bernie bros without a fight breaking out before the plum pudding is served. Read story
December 24, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Imagine there is a murder trial that takes months and involves many witnesses, and then, at the end, the prosecutor announces that he’s done such a great job of arguing the defendant’s guilt, he’s not going to send the case to the jury. Read story
December 23, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Having been around Washington, D.C., for two of the nation’s three impeachments and the painful Richard Nixon saga, I have come to some conclusions about politics in America. Read story