March 15, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Staring down a $12 billion shortfall to pay for state programs would be daunting for anyone, and Gov. Bob Ferguson can be commended for proposing cuts with scalpel in hand, rather than a chain saw. Read story
March 15, 2025, 6:01am Columns
I’ll concede that I’ve never read “The Art of the Deal,” nor have I done much deal-making myself. In fact, almost none. But isn’t “deal” just another word for “compromise”? Doesn’t “deal” describe the middle ground that two parties with conflicting interests somehow hammer out for their mutual benefit? Read story
March 14, 2025, 6:01am Columns
The Trump administration came into office claiming to stand for free speech. Yet the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who led pro-Palestinian student protests at Columbia University, has dealt a serious blow to the First Amendment. Read story
March 13, 2025, 6:01am Columns
A recent Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that prices have risen by 3 percent from one year ago. This is above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent inflation target, which they base on the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index. Read story
March 12, 2025, 6:01am Columns
The main job of the Legislature is to spend money. But because Washington lawmakers have to wait for more than half the session before receiving the information that will tell them how much or little they have to spend, some use part of their time introducing bills that will “send… Read story
March 11, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Once upon a time, the conservative position on economics was easy to describe: It favored free markets. In terms of public policy, this meant support for lower taxes, less regulation, smaller government and fiscal prudence. Republicans did not always adhere to those principles, but at least they aspired to them.… Read story
March 10, 2025, 6:01am Columns
In 1982, a year after shepherding President Ronald Reagan’s tax cut — the biggest ever — through the U.S. Senate, Republican Bob Dole decided something had to be done about the resulting increase in the federal deficit. That something was the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which… Read story
March 10, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Through a coincidence of history, President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday took place on the 92nd anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inauguration. Read story
March 10, 2025, 6:01am Columns
There is something very wrong with state laws on juvenile gun crimes. Rep. David Hackney, D-Renton, sponsored a bill to do something about it. Read story
March 10, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Resist the urge to publish the American Dream’s obituary. It’s alive, though unwell. Read story
