January 27, 2019, 6:02am Columns
It all depends on your perspective. Friday, the news was either “Trump caves on shutdown” (CNN.com) or that the president “vows to build wall despite uncertain funding” (FoxNews.com). Read story
January 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
The opioid epidemic is considered the worst human-made epidemic in history. In 2016, there were 694 deaths from opioids in Washington state, 1,451 opioid overdose hospitalizations and 14,389 opioid substance abuse treatment admissions. Most of these deaths were from prescription opioids or from illicit drug use that started with prescription… Read story
January 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Back in the day, small rural airports had textile windsocks, simple and empty things that indicated which way the wind was blowing. The ubiquitous Sen. Lindsey Graham has become a political windsock, and as such he — more than the sturdy, substantial elephant — is emblematic of his party today. Read story
January 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
An outbreak of measles four years ago at Disneyland focused attention on a growing health menace — the refusal of parents to vaccinate their children. The threat has gone international. The World Health Organization has just named the anti-vaccination movement among the 10 biggest global health crises. Read story
January 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Something funny happened on the way to the labor movement’s funeral. Read story
January 26, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Once upon a time, Ayn Rand-reading, red-baiting Republicans denounced Soviet Russia as an evil superpower intent on destroying the American way of life. Read story
January 25, 2019, 6:01am Columns
As the shambolic Trump presidency caroms and lurches into Year Three, a shameful governing philosophy has emerged: cruelty for cruelty’s sake. Read story
January 24, 2019, 6:01am Columns
When a white, Catholic-school boy wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap is shown staring down a Native American Vietnam War veteran, sending the media scrambling for their pitchforks and torches, one might want to pause and stroke one’s chin. Read story
January 23, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Among the differences between the state House and Senate chambers — beyond the most obvious that there are twice as many representatives and thus twice as many desks on the House floor — is the rule about guns in the gallery. Ordinarily, it doesn’t make much difference; last week, it… Read story
January 22, 2019, 6:01am Columns
The partial government shutdown will end when both sides think they are losing the political war that started it — and not before then. Read story
