Opinion
Harrop: A welcome bit of inconsequential controversy
Some ‘genes-jeans’ word play in TV ad provides a chance to mock those who take it seriously.
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Comment: U.S. can survive Trump’s tariffs; they’re still insane
Dismantling the global trading order is to cast away American power.
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Comment: No Trump name should appear above the Kennedy Center
Melania Trump is no patron of the arts. And Donald Trump has acted against Kennedy’s vision.
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Comment: We need a better plan to reform Social Security
The Trump administration is on to something with its ‘baby accounts,’ but it must go bigger.
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Saunders: You can’t talk of 2 states when Hamas holds hostages
The recognition of Palestine by countries can only delay resolution of the famine ongoing in Gaza.
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Comment: Attack on transgender kids isn’t just cruel; it’s a threat
Dismantling health care for transgender kids for their “protection,” could be repeated for other care.
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Comment: Dehumanizing, starving Gazans was strategy all along
A Palestinian in the U.K. relates the attacks on family and friends clinging to their humanity.
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Comment: Gabbard’s intel trove disproves her Obama ‘treason’ claim
While the intelligence director conflates two findings, the documents clearly show what Russia did.
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Saunders: Another mass shooting; another bogus rationale
What should we care how murderers justify their actions to themselves? There is no excuse.
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Comment: Trump has only himself to blame for Epstein mess
Trump played up this and other conspiracies when it suited him. Now, his denials only feed suspicion.
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Snohomish PUD should object to BPA’s market plan
Thank you to The Herald for the recently published informative piece about poor decisions by the Bonneville Power…
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Trump order will make things worse on homelessness
Trump’s executive order on homelessness is a slap in the face to all those who have struggled to…
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What’s become of our country?
I’ve been looking for my country, the one held dear since I was a child growing up in…
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Thanks to brave teen who rescued Silver Lake swimmer
I want to thank The Herald for a recent front-page article (“’Courageous’ teen dives into Silver Lake to…
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Forum essay provides hope for the future
I recently read an essay published in The Herald’s Forum page by Matthew Leger (“Amid tumult and hard…
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Comment: Paris climate accord moves on without United States
The effort to confront the climate crisis is being led by other countries, including China.