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Beyond immense wealth, the only qualification for these posts appears to be a lack of qualifications.
By Sid Schwab / Herald Columnist
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Pay Herald journalists fairly and without quotas
To The Herald’s publisher: Do yourself, your journalists and the city of Everett a favor: Pay your reporters…
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Biden pardon sets a bad example for solemn power
Having family near Everett, I read Herald Columnist Sid Schwab’s column pertaining to President Biden’s pardon of his…
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Stephens: Al-Assad’s fall offers new paths in Syria, elsewhere
How the U.S. moves forward now will influence decisions and actions throughout the Middle East.
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Comment: Inflation’s track encouraging, but uncertainty looms
As long as leaders don’t throw a wrench in the works, rates should continue their slow decline.
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Harrop: Understanding the anger behind insurance CEO’s murder
You don’t have to condone a vigilante to understand why so many people see the assailant as a…
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Saunders: A good DOGE idea: Tell workers to return to office
With covid a bad memory, why are most federal employees working from home and not at their offices?
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Goldman: What Trump’s crush on Argentina’s ‘madman’ means here
Admiration for Javier Milei is based in a small-government conservatism in feral tech-bro form.
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Comment: Electric push can help Democrats spark climate action
Rather than reject climate efforts as an issue, clean energy should be seen as an enabler of broader…
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Comment: The lines between protectors, vigilantes and killers
Cynicism, caused by frustration with the failings of the ‘system,’ drives support for vigilantes.
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Editorial: Applying for financial aid key for students, economy
As families risk leaving money on the table, the state risks leaving well-paid jobs unfilled.
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Are we getting money’s worth for what’s spent on elections
Now that the dust has settled and statistics are in: $16 billion spent on the presidential race; $4.6…
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Everett budget punishing kids, readers
I was distressed to read this morning that the city of Everett is willing to punish kids and…
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Keep time change or nix it; just make a decision
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Seems like we are always faced with decisions in life; hot dogs or soup for…
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Krugman: Hope for moving past resentment-driven politics
Paul Krugman reflects on what’s changed in his 25 years as a New York Times columnist.
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Comment: The problem with legal immigration? It’s broken
Telling ‘illegals’ to immigrate ‘the right way,’ ignores a slow and costly process with a backlog of 2.46…
