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Welch: Spreading ‘tax policy love around’ would come at a cost
A state tax on wealth might sound fair, but it could chase some from the state and lose…
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Comment: What Shakespeare’s plays reveal by wildfires’ light
‘All the world’s a stage,’ with our possessions and homes subject to the same theatrical impermanence.
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Comment: With GOP senators cowed, Trump will get his Cabinet
Few Republicans, after drawing the line at Gaetz, seem willing to confront any of Trump’s nominees.
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Goldberg: Hegseth did not impress; that’s fine with GOP
The nominee for Defense fails on character and the job’s basics. Yet, his confirmation seems assured.
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Editorial: Alliance makes renewed pitch for economic efforts
Leading in the interim, former Everett mayor Ray Stephanson is back as a catalyst for growth.
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Comment: Quick action on Trump’s ‘one big’ bill faces headwinds
Even if split in two, enough opposition divides even Republicans on tax cuts, the debt ceiling and more.
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Douthat: Merger of U.S., Canada may be in interests of both
With an unclear future ahead of it, it has more to gain as part of the U.S. than…
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Friedman: Trump’s reckless Greenland comments no joke to Taiwan
The president-elect could be making things difficult for himself in discouraging China’s plans for Taiwan.
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Comment: Trust and Carter receive their eulogies
Carter once promised he would never lie. Trump’s second term proves how little such declarations matter.
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Comment: Congress cleared way for Trump’s tariffs; in 1977
The final hurdle for Trump’s tariff whims hangs on how the Supreme Court rules on two cases.
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Comment: 5 questions Democrats must answer in 2025
The party needs to evaluate its leaders and check them against what the electorate truly supports.
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Comment: Blaming everything but climate change for wildfires
To listen to Trump and others, the disasters’ fault lies with a smelt, DEI and government space lasers.
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Gessen: Film ‘Queendom’ shows performer’s transformative power
The documentary portrays a trans woman’s life, journey and protests inside Russia and out.
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Comment: The struggle over the Department of Everything Else
The Secretary of Interior leads an agency tasked with managing public lands, resources and Tribal affairs.
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Orca calf’s death argues for four dams’ removal
In “Encounters with the Archdruid,” his narration of David Brower’s battles
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Stephens: Among successes, much will weigh on Biden’s legacy
Illusions and deceptions, chief among them that he was up to defeating Trump, won’t serve his reputation.