February 3, 2024, 6:03am Columns
It took roughly two minutes for 18 million tons of clay, sand and till to envelop part of the Stillaguamish Valley on March 22, 2014, killing 43 people and burying an entire neighborhood. Even now, after almost a decade has passed since the Oso Landslide, the risks of a similar… Read story
February 3, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Washington voters this November will be checking their ballots for president, governor and many more offices, yet their best route to change our state’s direction may lie with six ballot initiatives. Activist group Let’s Go Washington, led by businessman Brian Heywood, has successfully guided all six measures to certification by… Read story
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
