Opinion
Taking way too much license
When Washington, our beloved Evergreen state, needs to feel better about itself, to pull out of misty, recession-colored…
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It’s not just for the big guys
The wanton greed of Wall Street, Big Banks, Big Government, Big Insurance and illegal immigrants has been trumpeted…
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Insiders hold firm control
The revolving door keeps spinning in Washington, D.C., leaving power in the hands of the well-connected, not the…
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Dripping with insincerity
We’re sorry, but we just have to say it: We’re getting sick of apologies.
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Road tests might reduce them
Two recent motorcycle fatalities illustrate the main dangers riders face: Their own error, whether through inexperience or high-risk…
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A salute to the modern dad
When Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane was pushing for a national Father’s Day 100 years ago, to complement…
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Band-Aids aren’t a cure
Despite $800 million in tax hikes that are just going into effect, the Band-Aids are already falling off…
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Let controversy fuel solutions
The intellectually bankrupt assertion made recently by Marysville School Board member Michael Kundu, that “there is a definitive…
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On health care, it’s limited
Now that health care has been reformed (easy now, that’s just a quick blood pressure check…) our veterans’…
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Take obligations seriously
Election cycles push politicians into short-term thinking. Being fiscally responsible for the long term, which requires saying no…
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Shine a light on Legislature
If it’s true, as state Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown opined, that the Legislature now does its business…
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Concocting vacation magic
It’s summer travel time, so let’s see what’s in our carry-on opinion bag:
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An image beyond repair
As somewhere between 789,000 and 1.8 million gallons of oil a day continue to “spill” into the Gulf…
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Community needs a strategy
Passion alone won’t save the Collins Building, the 84-year-old, 60,000-square-foot former casket factory on the Everett waterfront.
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Honking not inherent right
Honk once if the state is on track to make important, precedent-setting legal history with a case challenging…
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This one should be riveting
In grocery store parking lots (and even inside Costco stores), they’re gathering signatures on initiative petitions. In county…
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Another fiscal time bomb
“You can pay me now, or pay me later.” In the 1970s, that was the axiomatic slogan for…
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Too many won’t be marching
Few traditions stand the test of time more gracefully than high school graduation, the annual educational right of…
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Junior’s legend will live on
It was talent, quite simply, that propelled Ken Griffey Jr. to the top of the baseball world.