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Comment: Those with autism need support, not blame, judgment

President Trump’s and RFK Jr.’s tone-deaf response on autism ignored the support needs of families.

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Everett School Board: Jackson Laurence knows kids’ needs

We are proud to say we fully support Anna Marie Jackson Laurence for the Everett School Board. She…

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Approve SJR 8201 on Nov. 4 ballot for long-term care

This November, Washington voters finally have an issue with support from across the partisan spectrum. SJR 8201, which…

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Freedom of speech requires vigilance, protection

President Donald Trump is conducting a campaign against free speech, a right the U.S. Constitution guarantees to every…

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Friedman: Peace plan unlikely, but it requires every effort

It can work as designed, but every step it comes closer to peace means some will fight to…

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French: Trump, Bondi tailor a crime that’s a poor fit for Comey

The only clear evidence in the indictment of James Comey is that Trump wants revenge.

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Dowd: If you’re not worried about AI, time to take another look

Elon Musk’s Grok is turning young men inward, while AI advances faster than we can grasp its power.

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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, Oct. 1

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Welch: Business case for Kroger’s closure of Everett Fred Meyer

The grocery chain cited theft, but other costs from labor, taxes and regulation certainly contributed.

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Comment: Bizarro World shutdown has GOP defending government

Republicans argue to keep government open but won’t talk with Democrats focused on health care costs.

THis is an editorial cartoon by Michael de Adder . Michael de Adder was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. He studied art at Mount Allison University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting. He began his career working for The Coast, a Halifax-based alternative weekly, drawing a popular comic strip called Walterworld which lampooned the then-current mayor of Halifax, Walter Fitzgerald. This led to freelance jobs at The Chronicle-Herald and The Hill Times in Ottawa, Ontario.

 

After freelancing for a few years, de Adder landed his first full time cartooning job at the Halifax Daily News. After the Daily News folded in 2008, he became the full-time freelance cartoonist at New Brunswick Publishing. He was let go for political views expressed through his work including a cartoon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump’s border policies. He now freelances for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, the Toronto Star, Ottawa Hill Times and Counterpoint in the USA. He has over a million readers per day and is considered the most read cartoonist in Canada.

 

Michael de Adder has won numerous awards for his work, including seven Atlantic Journalism Awards plus a Gold Innovation Award for news animation in 2008. He won the Association of Editorial Cartoonists' 2002 Golden Spike Award for best editorial cartoon spiked by an editor and the Association of Canadian Cartoonists 2014 Townsend Award. The National Cartoonists Society for the Reuben Award has shortlisted him in the Editorial Cartooning category. He is a past president of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists and spent 10 years on the board of the Cartoonists Rights Network.

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Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, Sept. 30

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Editorial: Retain Marysville School Board’s current members

Simpson, Tomas and Hereth should be kept on to aid the path toward stability and better schools.

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Comment: Latest shutdown theatrics making same mistakes

Democrats may be justified in not giving in; that doesn’t mean that they won’t be blamed for results.

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Our democracy needs its own four-way test

The Rotary Club has what it calls a Four-Way Test to assess the moral strength of any proposed…

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Stephens: And just like that, left cared about free speech again

Yes, there are examples on both sides, but liberals had long failed to see the dangers of cultural…

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Comment: Comey indictment meant to tar others with Trump’s crimes

Trump thinks he has more to gain if the public views others, such as Comey, as corrupt and…

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Harrop: Which is greater danger: Comics or sex traffickers?

Trump has stepped up his distraction game; now going after late-night talk show hosts.

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Comment: Democrats won’t win shutdown without plan to fix things

Unable so far to show voters how they will improve the U.S. economy, the shutdown could backfire.

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Why is Supreme Court allowing attack on First Amendment?

I am terrified! When Donald Trump rode down the escalator to announce his run for president, I said…

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Congress must repeal cuts to SNAP, tax credit, Medicaid

New poverty data reveals that anti-poverty programs are working, but also offers a troubling glimpse of what’s ahead.