Opinion
The Buzz: E.T., phone home and check your messages from Trump
President Trump says he’ll release files on aliens while Colbert weighs a campaign management career.
Opinion
Everett City Council posts should be full-time jobs
Everett has grown into a regional city with regional responsibilities. Our City Council oversees complex land-use decisions, a…
Opinion
Comment: What happens now with end of a 2009 EPA climate finding
The Trump administration will move to kill climate regulations. But expect fact-based court challenges.
Opinion
Comment: Cap on child care would harm families and employers
Leaving thousands out of a state child care program will be more costly to the state in the…
Opinion
Editorial: Find respectful policy on tariffs, trade with Canada
Washington state depends on trade with Canada. The Trump administration’s belligerence is harmful.
Opinion
Comment: Reform of tobacco taxes can fund response to its harms
Senate Bill 6129 better fits current products and directs revenue to public health work and research.
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Comment: More taxes on health care won’t make state more affordable
Proposals in the Legislature could increase health care costs for workers and businesses.
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Forum: Cuts to programs for vulnerable kids a costly bargain
Funding for developmentally disabled infants and toddlers reduces costs later in life. Cutting them makes no sense.
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Forum: We have reached the peak of self-esteem’s self-assurance
Everybody daydreams of being a hero, but people need to recognize the value in playing their part.
Opinion
Schwab: Celebrating grift with portraits of dead presidents
Bribery isn’t corruption when its done out in the open for all to admire, emulate and praise.
Opinion
Letter: Anti-Soros editorial cartoon was antisemitic
I have always supported The Herald’s opinion and cartoon pages, even when you publish opinions with which I…
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Letter: Sheriff standards a step toward a liberal police state
If it were not for the 75 percent vote in King County, Bob Ferguson would not be the…
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Comment: Grok’s digital fakes of real people are criminal assault
First Amendment rights can be protected without allowing unauthorized use of individual’s images.
Opinion
Comment: No partisan divide in naming Epstein’s fellow abusers
Party politics don’t explain the obfuscation of the Epstein files. This is about power protecting power.
Opinion
Robinson: Three photos tell of Jesse Jackson’s arc of history
The three photos, taken 40 years apart, tell of his civil rights work, political triumph and his witness.