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Harrop: Suburbs could be key for Dems

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

Schram: Marxist revelation along Rio Grande

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

Camden: Primary ballot a work in progress

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

Leubsdorf: Fighting on two fronts

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

Estrich: Democrats play into age issue

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

O’Donnell: Narrative about aging inaccurate

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

Other papers say: Don’t give strikers state benefits

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

Harrop: Alabama embryo ruling walks the walk, at least

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

Calmes: Rational GOP could keep quiet

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

Donnelly: Ranked choice voting would burden voters

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