Opinion
Saunders: So what if cuts to public radio, TV were small potatoes?
Just because it alone won’t balance the budget, doesn’t mean that cuts weren’t justified.
Opinion
Comment: Never mind gas prices; your power bill will cost you
Demand from datacenters and the rollback of clean power incentives will show up in your electricity bill.
Opinion
Comment: Is Trump the new editor-in-chief for CBS, ABC
Journalists at the networks will have to prove their independence after owners’ capitulation to Trump.
Opinion
Editorial: Franklin’s considered approach warrants third term
The incumbent mayor has used innovation and concern for all residents to guide her leadership.
Opinion
Comment: New tax adds to burden of those in long-term care
Little discussed, the tax doubles or triples annual per-bed fees that will be passed on to families.
Opinion
Comment: BPA adds to long history of poor resource management
A decision to join a far-flung energy market echoes past decisions detrimental to ratepayers and salmon.
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Comment: State got cheaper ferries and a policy rebuke
Accepting a contract for Florida-built ferries should tell lawmakers something about taxes and regulations.
Opinion
Forum: Don’t dismiss potential for controlled supply of drugs
Contrary to a columnist’s views, supplying drugs to those with addictions has led to better outcomes elsewhere.
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Forum: Book discussion explores police response to white supremacy
The forum, Sunday in Everett features former FBI agent Michael German and his book, ‘Policing White Supremacy.’
Opinion
Schwab: Rosie O’Donnell, immigrants and other Epstein distractions
MAGA puts up with the outrages because empathy is reserved only for their own prejudices.
Opinion
Harrop: Will America ever recover from what Trump has wrought?
Pundits and psychiatrists can debate why. We need to answer whether we can restore what is being lost.
Opinion
Comment: Miller’s immigrant-free utopia is fact-free fantasy
Undocumented immigrants aren’t crowding our ERs and classrooms. Those problems have tougher solutions.
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Comment: The flash-flood era is here and we’re not ready for it
Our infrastructure isn’t strong enough, too few of our homes are insured and FEMA is being dismantled.
Opinion
Comment: Trump wants to sanitize parks’ history for your protection
Park visitors are being asked us QR codes to tattle on exhibits that ‘disparage’ Americans. There’s a better…
Opinion
The Buzz: Can we please stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein?
Yeah, I didn’t think so. It’s hard to brand something as a hoax when you won’t stop talking…