May 15, 2022, 6:01am Columns
New York Mayor Eric Adams is a rising power in the Democratic Party. A former police captain, Adams is the answer to the prayers of Democrats who have almost given up praying for a politics they can sell nationally. Read story
May 15, 2022, 6:01am Columns
The other day, King County politicians heard an update on how the controversial practice of requiring COVID-19 vaccines has affected the county cops. Read story
May 15, 2022, 6:01am Columns
A new report details how atrociously Facebook behaved last year when it faced having to pay for news content it had been getting for free. Read story
May 14, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Abortion-rights supporters’ sky-is-falling hysteria is contributing mightily to the misapprehension that a leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade means abortion is suddenly, somehow, totally banned in the U.S. Read story
May 13, 2022, 6:01am Columns
To the Honorable Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: Read story
May 11, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Political seers confidently insist that Democrats are going to lose big in the upcoming midterms. On one hand, they may be right. On the other, they don’t really know. Read story
May 11, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Opposing racism should be a no-brainer. But getting rid of historic remnants of racism can be complicated, expensive and may take more time and assistance than one might think. Read story
May 10, 2022, 6:01am Columns
After four years in the U.S. Navy and, in the decades since, a steady consumption of modern American media — books, movies, television, the internet — I assumed that I was effectively inoculated — with boosters! — from any shock that a chance encounter with the F-word might produce. Read story
May 9, 2022, 6:03am Columns
The Supreme Court draft ruling overturning Roe v. Wade raises just as many arguments and counterarguments as the original ruling that Justice Samuel Alito excoriated in his opinion, leaked this week to Politico. Read story
May 9, 2022, 6:01am Columns
I have a confession when it comes to the culture war our society is mired in: I consider myself a pacifist on this front. As the battles rage on between the woke left and the anti-woke right, it seems clear that there will be no winners, only losers. Those losers… Read story