May 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Across Idaho, there are efforts by traditional Republicans to wrest back control of the Idaho GOP from the far right. Read story
May 26, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Three years after he resigned in disgrace, Richard Nixon justified his crimes in office by declaring in an interview with David Frost: “It’s not a crime if the president does it.” The comment was widely mocked at the time. It seems less comical now. Indeed, Nixon’s words became newly relevant… Read story
May 25, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The toxic smoke choking swathes of the Midwestern U.S. recently is a helpful reminder to Americans that Canada exists, and its wildfire season has come early. But Americans shouldn’t forget their own season starts much earlier these days, too. In fact, it’s getting to the point that wildfire season is… Read story
May 25, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nasty remark about a fellow congresswoman’s appearance was characteristically stupid. But the Georgia Republican is hoist on her own petard on such a regular basis, why would Democrats want to stop her? Read story
May 25, 2024, 6:01am Columns
One of the Pacific Northwest’s most striking natural features has been misidentified for more than two centuries. Hood Canal, a 60-mile-long glacier-carved channel, is no canal at all. A public campaign to give due respect to this remarkable waterway and accurately describe its geography is long overdue. Read story
May 25, 2024, 6:01am Columns
After I questioned Israel’s endgame in Gaza in a previous column, a reader asked, “Do you know what President Joe Biden’s endgame is in Ukraine?” Read story
May 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In five weeks, one of the presidential campaigns will be proved wrong. Read story
May 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
What better sign could there be that we’re drowning in political outrage, that we’re inured to it, than this: Read story
May 23, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Political inequality, like mold in that one corner of the shower, seemingly comes back stronger after every new attempt to remove it. Read story
May 20, 2024, 6:02am Columns
It’s that time of year when the life-tenured denizens of America’s imperial court, otherwise known as the Supreme Court, come down from their bench to mix with the masses. Just kidding. The justices limit their appearances to friendly audiences, to elite folks too well-mannered to ask them about matters like… Read story
