July 29, 2023, 6:01am Columns
When the former president’s toxic son, Donald Trump Jr., started weighing in on Washington state politics in April, I admit it put me a little on edge. It had the potential to poison politics in our state for the entire year. Read story
July 29, 2023, 6:01am Columns
This is what happens in academia when the donors are calling the shots. Heads roll, all right. Big-time. The dean of the faculty supervising arts and sciences went first. Then came the resignation letter from the president of the university. The system falls right apart. Read story
July 28, 2023, 6:01am Columns
We don’t know what specific charges special counsel Jack Smith will pursue if former President Donald Trump is indicted on allegations of attempting to overturn the 2020 election. We can’t even be certain that there will be an indictment, although it looks imminent after Smith sent Trump a target letter. Read story
July 26, 2023, 6:01am Columns
and perhaps Biden himself — can’t understand why the presidential poll numbers on the economy aren’t better. Why is he getting so little credit for so much good news on inflation, wages, jobs and the recovery of American manufacturing? Read story
July 25, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Who would be hurt most by a third-party presidential campaign by the No Labels movement, President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump? It’s hard to say. Read story
July 24, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Every summer has an obsession. The best ones are inconsequential. Read story
July 24, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The Supreme Court justices are getting testy with one another. As the court’s conservative revolution proceeds, the tone of the court’s opinions is getting increasingly confrontational — and increasingly personal. Extreme decisions are provoking extreme reactions. The leak of the Dobbs opinion last year, and the court’s botched investigation into… Read story
July 24, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Just as we are feeling we must shield our children’s eyes from unintended exposure to news screens that gush the nonstop, hate-based latest — this just in from quiet, bucolic Cooperstown, N.Y. Read story
July 22, 2023, 6:02am Columns
As elections go, this is not the kind of barnburner that leads pundits to proclaim it “the most important election in our lifetime.” That will have to wait until next year. Read story
July 22, 2023, 6:01am Columns
It’s a nice sounding idea for a political science paper. A commonsense third-party alternative to inject some substance into the presidential debate. It’s heavy on the guidelines, pushes some important limits, but mouth the words “Ralph Nader” and you can remind yourself of how real politics works. Read story
