Opinion
Testing a political alliance
Too many moving parts obscure the battle over a coal-export facility in the Pacific Northwest. Environmental opponents at…
Opinion
Sharing the sense of hope
Maybe today your newspaper stayed rubber-banded a bit longer than usual, and the TV news was kept off,…
Opinion
Legislate Gangnam Style
If by chance you happened to wake up and find your regular nose replaced with a new, red,…
Opinion
The time for real decisions
An Everett-born Jesuit priest, the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, sits in the nation’s capital, forbidden to buttonhole politicians.…
Opinion
Advancing mental health
Gun violence generates a latticework of fix-something brainstorms, from arming teachers to repealing the Second Amendment. Arguments, both…
Opinion
Leadership on gun control
In times of crisis or shock, overreaction is hard-wired. A political spasm, an upwelling of sentiment, is followed…
Opinion
Sunsetting tax loopholes
The relationship of a big employer and state government is often like a high-powered spouse threatening infidelity. We…
Opinion
No distracted a-wassailing
It’s that time of year, so here we come a-wassailing. When the wind is right, dozens of people…
Opinion
A state transpo package
Transportation is counting sheep. Like “infrastructure,” it’s a word that shouldn’t be used when operating heavy machinery.
Opinion
Investing in jobs, health
Nothing rattles government skeptics more than untethering a funding source from its intended goal. Think fuzzy math, a…
Opinion
A stronger voice on coal
To oppose a coal-export facility is to become expert at Whac-A-Mole. As one export mole is mallet-ed back…
Opinion
Hope for a new state senate
Politics is semantic. One partisan’s palace coup is another’s collaborative solution to an uncertain majority. As George Orwell…
Opinion
‘Nightmares’ at home, too
How about a “Kitchen Nightmares” spin-off targeted at people who don’t own restaurants? Come save this family from…
Opinion
Human rights on the verge
The legalization of same-sex marriage and Washington’s okay to marijuana throws light on a permeable wall. There are…
Opinion
The key to shopping safety
We hate to be alarmists, but, this morning we pried open the 7th paper door on our Advent…
Opinion
Making better television
The abrupt cancellation of KING 5’s “Up Front with Robert Mak,” a program that needled lawmakers as it…
Opinion
Investing in land, water
Politics is inimical to a long view of history. Think in terms of dog years, seven years for…