June 12, 2023, 6:01am Columns
After nearly 50 years in the business, local journalism hero Les Zaitz is ready to retire and lean back into his hammock. But like scores of rural and small-town newspaper publishers across the United States, Zaitz faces an uphill battle to find a buyer for his labor of love, the… Read story
June 12, 2023, 6:01am Columns
My neighborhood is full of broken windows. That’s a term of art in policing to describe the disorder that breeds more disorder. It includes homelessness and graffiti, quality-of-life crimes like simple assault and public drunkenness, and drug crimes that often lead to more serious crimes and make law-abiding citizens afraid… Read story
June 11, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Six years ago this September, the Eagle Creek Fire burned nearly 50,000 acres in and adjacent to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Ninety percent of the fire burned within the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Area, also starting fires in Washington. Read story
June 11, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Maybe the story of the Sammamish planning commissioner was a one-off. Perhaps it was just an aberrant eruption of homophobia, made more bizarre because it came right after a dry discussion on stormwater codes. Read story
June 10, 2023, 6:02am Columns
It might be difficult to imagine a far-right fire-and-brimstone preacher having an influence on politics in deep-blue Washington. But it happened. Read story
June 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Democratic Party politics around here, which is to say all politics of late, has been a bit like the old Soviet Politburo. You wait your turn for this post or that, and then the whole party gets in line. Read story
June 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
I would like to ask Republican primary voters: Which of the following lines would you cheer for? What are the values you stand for, which is different from the policies you prefer? Read story
June 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
default on the nation’s debts and the possibility of a recession — the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy deserve credit for cobbling together a compromise to suspend the nation’s debt ceiling. But the agreement, approved by the House and Senate, shouldn’t have been necessary, and its curbs on… Read story
June 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Fewer guns plus more gun control add up to less gun carnage. That’s logical. And it’s a fact. California is proof. So is Mississippi. Read story
June 7, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Campaign season usually starts in earnest after Memorial Day, when candidates get serious about raising money and filling their calendars with speeches, forums and debates, along with days of waving signs on street corners and nights of knocking on doors to meet voters. Read story
