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Forum: Don’t wait for the winds to change; brave the winds better

Our communities and nation need good people in leadership. Find a place for yourself in the process.

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Forum: They just don’t make wise old elders like they use to

Used to be you could count on elders for quiet perspective and calm. We need that grace under…

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, April 12

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Comment: ‘No’ a tough but necessary call on Edmonds fire vote

How best to provide fire and EMS services to the city requires more study and consideration.

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, April 11

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Schwab: Tariffs meant to hand us tiny screws; we get a big one

His trade team says this will bring back manufacturing. What’s being manufactured are lies.

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Friedman: Trump’s 90-day pause won’t impress our allies

The damage is done. What Trump should have done is to work with other countries to confront China.

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Sen. Booker’s speech should inspire us to defend democracy

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., made history recently as he concluded a 25-hour, 4-minute speech, now the longest…

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Find ways to reach common goals

When we are in a comfort zone, we will resist change. But when that comfort zone ceases to…

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Trump’s tariffs: I see the pain; where’s the gain?

The Trump administration’s whiz-bang tariff plan described by Paul Krugman as, “the biggest trade policy change in history,…

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Are people paying attention to Sid Schwab’s warnings?

I agree with most of what Herald Columnist Sid Schwab has to say, but what good is it…

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The Buzz: Is there an executive order to pause 401(k) losses?

Even during a busy week of imposing and pausing tariffs, Trump still found time for a shower.

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, April 10

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

Kids play on glacial erratic in the Martha Lake Airport Park on Friday, May 4, 2018 in Lynnwood, Wa. The Glacial erratic rock in the park is one of the largest in urban King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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Editorial: Little park at Martha Lake an example of success

For 35 years, a state program has secured vital funding for parks, habitat, forests and farmland.

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Edmonds, your firefighters want best for you

It was 1994, three years after returning from the Navy, that my dream of becoming a career firefighter…

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Thanks for coverage of Hands Off event in Everett

Thank you for providing coverage of the Hands Off! event in Everett (“Thousands gather in Everett to say…

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Why are fortune, generosity in opposition so often

How come those that have been so very, very fortunate in their lives put so much effort, time…

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Comment: Companies should enforce ‘term limits’ on tech titans

The longer they are in control, the more their reality-distortion fields affect their judgment.

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Comment: Trade war will make us hotter, dirtier and poorer

Trump’s tariffs will cede clean tech innovation to China and others that will be difficult to rebuild.

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Burke: With so many foreign names, why stop with one gulf?

If ‘Gulf of Mexico’ offends Trump’s sensibilities, we have far more places in need of rebranding.