October 9, 2019, 6:01am Columns
It’s barely news, these findings of a report last week, that Seattle is letting almost half the misdemeanor crimes in the city go uncharged, even after a case has been submitted by the police for prosecution. Read story
October 8, 2019, 6:01am Columns
There is a price to pay when a U.S. president communicates mostly through tweets, off-the-cuff responses to shouted questions and the rare press conference given in concert with a foreign leader. Read story
October 7, 2019, 6:01am Columns
You may, if you are old enough, recall a TV actor named Foster Brooks. Read story
October 6, 2019, 6:02am Columns
Did you see the photo? Read the story? Ponder how and why the scourge of an active shooter arrived Thursday in Vancouver and how close to home is too close? Read story
October 6, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Last weekend, ABC News journalists reported that White House and State Department officials were beginning to wonder whether they should be retaining their own counsel. The latest events make it even clearer: As each day passes in the unfolding Ukraine scandal, the pressure on administration staffers will increase. Read story
October 6, 2019, 6:01am Columns
The following editorial originally appeared in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin: Read story
October 6, 2019, 6:01am Columns
We’ll call him the Seeker, because we don’t know his name and we found him seeking a hoped-for oasis in his travels. When we encountered him, we learned how intractable are the problems of the homeless. We were also reminded that “man does not live by bread alone.” Read story
October 6, 2019, 6:01am Columns
In 1950, when Han Sung-joo was 10, shrapnel from an artillery shell lodged in his hip. This happened as Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s troops, fresh from the bold Incheon landing, were retaking Seoul — it would be lost and retaken again — after North Korea’s June invasion. The shell fragment was… Read story
October 5, 2019, 6:01am Columns
In 2008, Esquire magazine named him one of the 10 best members of Congress, a forever principled conservative, never a party hack. And a question is whether he might be among the country’s top presidents, this smooth talking, gently paced Mike Pence. Read story
October 4, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Impeachment of a president is a deeply serious affair. Efforts by President Donald Trump and his defenders to explain away his clear-as-day abuse of power are providing a bit of comic relief. Read story
