October 15, 2019, 6:01am Columns
It started out predictably last month with a Washington Post story about a whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump’s remarks during a phone conversation. The conversation included a “promise” made to an unknown foreign leader. Read story
October 14, 2019, 6:01am Columns
I was maybe 10 years old when this happened. Read story
October 13, 2019, 6:02am Columns
To some extent, it is akin to having somebody tell you whether they like kale more than broccoli or whether they have Nickelback on their playlist instead of Radiohead. Read story
October 13, 2019, 6:01am Columns
My supermarket has a giant “international” food aisle dominated by Asian and Latino products. Which items end up in a section dedicated to a particular foreign culture’s cuisine and not mixed in with the so-called American staples — Heinz, Campbell’s, etc. — fascinates me. Why, for example, is Cafe Santo… Read story
October 13, 2019, 6:01am Columns
The following editorial originally appeared in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin. Read story
October 13, 2019, 6:01am Columns
During the final three days of the 105-day legislative session in April, more than $2 billion in new and higher taxes were approved by majority Democrats. These included new and increased business and occupation taxes on more than 90,000 employers and certain banks, a graduated real estate excise tax on… Read story
October 13, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Donald Trump, an ongoing eruption of self-refuting statements (“I’m a very stable genius” with “a very good brain”), is adding self-impeachment to his repertoire. Spiraling downward in a tightening gyre, his increasingly unhinged public performances are as alarming as they are embarrassing. His decision regarding Syria and the Kurds was… Read story
October 12, 2019, 6:01am Columns
As gay and transgender Americans march inexorably toward equality, Justice Neil Gorsuch is on the horns of a dilemma: Does he jettison his judicial philosophy to slow their progress? Read story
October 11, 2019, 6:01am Columns
President Trump’s defense against impeachment is bombastic, full of lies and incoherent to the point of lunacy, which is no surprise. Republicans are beclowning themselves to pretend Trump is making sense — and that, sadly, is also no surprise. Read story
October 10, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Dictators. Always so humorous. Read story
