Opinion
Finally, some very good news
On Monday, the glory of spring brought with it a promise kept to the people of Darrington: Washington’s…
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Time for the hard questions
Thirty-four years ago, President Jimmy Carter asked Gov. Dixy Lee Ray what the federal government could do to…
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Slow, deliberate steps forward
Crisis reveals judgment. And few crises are as merciless and enduring as the Oso landslide.
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The menace of derelict vessels
Derelict vessels are the marine equivalent of a condemned home, listing and hemorrhaging gook in the bathtub of…
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New tool targets food waste
These days, when people talk about “innovation” it usually refers to whatever is to become the latest got-to-have-it…
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Holding the CIA accountable
The trouble with public entities is the trouble with human nature: It’s the product of fallible people.
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The long trek to normalcy
There’s a folksy yarn about an out-of-towner who stops at a general store for directions to a remote…
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Way late and dollars short
Here’s a budgetary thought for the city of Everett: Don’t wait ‘til it’s raining to patch the roof.
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Tighten state exemptions
Fatal, infectious diseases are an abstraction for most Americans, however commonplace just a century ago. Vaccines literally are…
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A bargain too good to resist?
There are times when principles make you sit on your checkbook. And then there are bargains that seem…
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A hillside falls on our hearts
Like people everywhere we are holding our breath and hoping that the casualty count from the Oso mudslide…
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Investing in quality of life
All things being equal, economists can tell us important things about the future.
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Prison needs accountability
Sunlight illuminates injustice. And few places beg for illumination more than Tacoma’s Northwest Detention Center.
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Bet against unproductivity
With the start of spring, and the NCAA basketball tournament, comes the annual scolding articles about the billions…
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Aligning drones and the law
Beware quick fixes, especially in the age of emerging technology.
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Preserve America’s best idea
Largely immune from partisan discord, our national parks are refuges from the clatter; mountains and rivers without end.…
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The feds show their hand
Attention to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation corresponds to its distance from Washington, D.C.’s political class. If Hanford and…
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Tone deaf on political ethics
After 38 years in public office, Lt. Gov. Brad Owen has identified the cruelest sort of injustice: The…