March 27, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Over the last decade, it’s become commonplace to describe President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party as hostile — as if the one-time New York real estate mogul was the political version of a corporate raider. That’s a gross mischaracterization, one that has contributed to a misunderstanding of the… Read story
March 26, 2025, 6:01am Columns
If your cellphone has pinged recently with a text claiming to be from a state agency saying you owe money on an unpaid toll, you’re not alone. Read story
March 25, 2025, 6:01am Columns
really, it’s an Article of Faith for the Republican Party — is that the federal bureaucracy is a hopeless swamp of waste, fraud, and inefficiency staffed by lazy, incompetent idlers. Read story
March 24, 2025, 6:01am Columns
The Houthis in Yemen had little to fear from the Biden White House. President Donald Trump is now trying to change the equation. It’s about time. Read story
March 24, 2025, 6:01am Columns
The share of U.S. workers represented by a union ended 2024 at 9.9 percent. Strip out public sector workers and the rate was 5.9 percent. Both numbers are even more stunning once you realize union representation is less now than 1934, the year before the right to organize was enshrined… Read story
March 24, 2025, 6:01am Columns
A measles outbreak in the Southwestern U.S. has killed two people and sickened more than 300, according to the latest count. Compare that to 2024, when the number of measles cases nationwide for the entire year was 285, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Read story
March 24, 2025, 6:01am Columns
He’s at it again, twisting history and the facts in his own definition of reality. Read story
March 22, 2025, 6:02am Columns
Considering Vancouver is one of the oldest cities in the Pacific Northwest, it has very few historical commercial buildings. So it’s sad to see the old Schofield Building on the corner of Sixth and Main streets being dismantled, brick by historic brick. Read story
March 22, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Over the past decade, Washington has positioned itself as a leader in gun laws that put safety first while still protecting the Second Amendment rights of residents. Read story
March 22, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Years ago, a contest was run for the most boring newspaper headline. The winner was “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative,” which appeared in the April 10, 1986, edition of The New York Times. “Worthwhile initiative” is a snooze-worthy phrase. Adding a reference to the quiet and restrained country to the north was… Read story
