March 7, 2019, 6:01am Columns
When Virginia first lady Pam Northam handed out raw cotton last month to African-American students on a governor’s mansion tour and asked them to imagine being slaves picking the crop, she inspired a whirlwind. Read story
March 6, 2019, 6:01am Columns
The Jay Inslee presidential campaign isn’t really selling Jay Inslee. He’s selling us. Read story
March 5, 2019, 6:01am Columns
At one point during his hours of testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform last week, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen was asked what “breaking point” prompted him to split with Trump. Read story
March 4, 2019, 6:01am Columns
George H.W. Bush did it. Read story
March 3, 2019, 6:02am Columns
Far-fetched? Of course it’s far-fetched. But so were the candidacies of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Read story
March 3, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Michael Cohen didn’t push the story forward very much in his testimony to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday morning, although there were some interesting hints about what federal prosecutors in New York might still be looking into. But he did confirm a lot of what people paying close attention… Read story
March 3, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Seattle is known far and wide for being green. But once again our actions haven’t quite lived up to the hype. Read story
March 3, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Centuries ago, when horse-drawn carriages were common, blinders prevented horses from seeing distractions or danger on the side. But do intellectual blinders work when people are contemplating multi-decade investments in regional transportation? Read story
March 3, 2019, 6:01am Columns
There have been many memorable — and eventually consequential — Supreme Court dissents that affirmed principles that, in time, commanded a court majority. It is, however, rare that a justice’s opinion concurring in a unanimous ruling is more intellectually scintillating and potentially portentous than the ruling itself. This happened recently,… Read story
March 1, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Have you heard the news? Read story
