February 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
If you hear a politician or salesperson or, for that matter, opinion columnist invoke common sense, beware. When people say a particular view on immigration, foreign policy, abortion or climate is just “common sense” they are implying that those who disagree have no common sense — and therefore must be… Read story
January 31, 2024, 6:01am Columns
After Iowa and New Hampshire, the odds that Donald Trump will win his party’s nomination for the presidency have evolved from merely possible to near inevitable. Read story
January 29, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Once again, the Legislature stands on the precipice of inaction when it comes to a major health problem impacting Washington’s youth: high-potency cannabis. Read story
January 29, 2024, 6:01am Columns
It took nearly 30 years, a few political sea changes, an outbreak of socialistic fervor and some backlash to Big Tech’s “prosperity bomb.” But Washington is No. 1 for taxing the poor no more. Read story
January 29, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The Justice Department’s report on what went wrong in Uvalde, Texas, nearly two years ago when an 18-year-old gunman armed with a high-powered rifle slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in their classrooms is utterly depressing, and utterly damning. Read story
January 29, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The 2028 presidential campaign can’t come soon enough. Read story
January 27, 2024, 6:02am Columns
You can thank my grandmother. Or you can blame her, depending upon your opinion of my writing. Read story
January 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
A study published last week in Science makes a compelling case that people with long COVID have a chronic imbalance in their immune response. The findings don’t explain why that immune response is out of whack, and needs confirming in larger studies. Still, this is an important new piece to… Read story
January 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The year is shaping up to be a bitter and contentious one, so it’s probably good to head into it with a sense of humor. Score an early point then for Robert Brem, a Port Orchard 65-year-old who is challenging Donald Trump’s eligibility to be on the ballot in Washington. Read story
January 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Good, bipartisan ideas that meaningfully improve the lives of millions of Americans sometimes make it through the otherwise partisanship-plagued, soul-sapping, progress-thwarting machine called the United States Congress. This time, Republicans and Democrats have struck a $78 billion tax agreement that expands refundable child tax credits to help families with lower… Read story
