May 2, 2021, 6:01am Columns
On April 24, the Washington State Senate, led by Democrats, approved a new treatment-oriented approach to possession of hard drugs that reduces the crime from felony to misdemeanor. Concurring with the more lenient House version, and over the objections of Republicans, the Senate vote largely decriminalized possession of the most… Read story
May 2, 2021, 6:01am Columns
What happens when you put three Democrats and three Republicans in a room? Nothing. They might shout and grandstand, but the odds are small that there’ll be substantive progress on important issues or, in the case of the Federal Election Commission, enforcement of the nation’s election laws. Read story
May 2, 2021, 6:01am Columns
‘We all live in Seattle now.” Read story
May 2, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Three times already in his brief tenure, President Joe Biden has rolled out a far-reaching and extraordinarily expensive proposal to address large-scale problems in this country. First there was a $1.9 trillion plan to help individuals and businesses cope with the surging COVID-19 pandemic. Then there was a $2 trillion… Read story
May 1, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Growing populations are giving two additional seats in Congress to Texas and one to Florida. New York and California are each losing a seat, not because their head counts are falling but because they’re not rising as fast. Read story
April 30, 2021, 6:01am Columns
An open letter to the children: Read story
April 29, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The 100 Days benchmark by which to measure the performance of new presidents arrives Friday for President Joe Biden. Read story
April 28, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The passing of former Vice President Walter Mondale last week turned the final page on a time when Spokane seemed to be a must-stop on the presidential campaign trail. He was the last of the seven top-tier candidates or their surrogates to come through town before the 1984 election, and… Read story
April 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Protesters in Minneapolis, and, for that matter, throughout the country and across the seas, signaled through shouting, jumping, carrying signs and in some instances vandalism that a jury had darned well better find Derek Chauvin guilty in his trial for murder. It did. Read story
April 26, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had a warning for American business: “Our private sector must stop taking cues from the Outrage-Industrial Complex.” The sector’s complaints centered around Republicans’ going state to state to undermine free and fair elections. Read story
