December 18, 2023, 6:01am Columns
House Republicans fled the Capitol last week for the holidays after almost 12 months in power. And flee they should: If they had any shame, they would be feeling plenty of it after the year they’ve had. Read story
December 16, 2023, 6:03am Columns
An effective way of handing elections to right-wing Republicans is to label large blocs of voters as wrong by virtue of their gender, race, ethnicity, age. Those are physical characteristics, not walking opinions. Read story
December 16, 2023, 6:02am Columns
He is a lawyer, an author, a former congressman and now a three-term governor. But if none of those career paths had worked out for Jay Inslee, he likely could have been a salesman. Read story
December 16, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Don’t give up hope. Even though you’ve now endured your fourth night of crosstalk cacophony that has passed for debating in the 2023 run amok run-up to Campaign 2024. Read story
December 16, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Record-setting rainfall recently sent Puget Sound’s rivers and streams over their banks, flooding homes in Snohomish County, closing roads and triggering mudslides. The atmospheric river was another blunt reminder of the dangers floodwaters pose to human-made infrastructure, including the culverts that guide waterways underneath the region’s roads. Read story
December 15, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Canada’s new media bargaining policy is finally forcing Google to pay news publishers for its online use of their stories. This is a great step forward in the global effort to address unfair use of news content by dominant tech platforms, and stabilize news outlets that are essential to civic… Read story
December 14, 2023, 6:01am Columns
You don’t read a book like former Wyoming U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney’s tell-all looking for literary pearls. Read story
December 13, 2023, 6:01am Columns
How often have you put pen to paper and signed something in the last 11 months? Read story
December 11, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Our National Defense Strategy identifies China as the primary challenge to the United States. To confront this threat successfully, our military needs more warships, aircraft and munitions. Now. Read story
December 11, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Fentanyl, a drug whose life-threatening high sells in Washington for less than $1 a dose, is on pace to claim more than 1,000 overdose deaths this year in King County alone. Read story
