March 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In bygone days, Democrats in New York’s suburbs could happily vote for Republicans they deemed good guys. Moderate Republicans didn’t seem all that different from moderate Democrats, and the two parties worked together in Washington. Read story
March 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Luckily, the next time a pollster calls to ask about our dueling, aged presidents, we can start by recalling what we just saw with our own eyes — and heard with our own ears. Read story
March 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Some Washington voters might be wondering why, if they just marked and mailed a ballot a month ago, another ballot recently arrived in their mailbox. Read story
March 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Two years after Vladimir Putin sought to wipe it off the European map, Ukraine still stands. But its future remains in doubt. Read story
March 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Asked recently if he was ruling out a run for the presidency in 2024, California Gov. Gavin Newsom shot down the idea — again. Read story
March 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Whether or not we’re older adults, we all are being bombarded with a blunt political narrative about aging that is as wrong as it is dangerous. In essence, the message is that “old” equals “bad” and that if a person is going to be a leader, they had better do… Read story
March 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Washington’s unemployment insurance system has a crystal-clear mission: to provide a temporary income to workers who lost their jobs through no fault of their own. The state Senate should reject a bill that would fundamentally alter that mission to include workers who choose to go on strike. Read story
March 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
I’m not here to join the mockery of Alabama for declaring that embryos are children — and, therefore, in vitro fertilization clinics must protect them forever. On the contrary, I admire its honesty. Many states have effectively banned abortions, arguing that destroying an embryo amounts to baby killing. Yet they… Read story
March 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The Republican Party’s transformation into an anti-government populist movement has been a bottom-up phenomenon: Conservative voters, radicalized by right-wing radio, Fox News, social media and opportunistic demagogues, rose up for their Tea Party takeover. Then the biggest demagogue of all, Donald Trump, harnessed those voters to make the party his… Read story
March 2, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Washington’s Legislature will not approve ranked choice voting this year. For voters, that is good news. The unsettling news is that this voting method is likely to be re-introduced and may eventually prevail if voters and legislators do not understand its burdensome process. Ultimately, the courts may quietly force it… Read story
