Opinion
Tweaking three-strikes law
The Northwest political quilt is bound by a strong law-and-justice seam. Notwithstanding Left-Coast stereotypes, Washington was the first…
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Parents are the firewall
It’s mostly accepted these days that “online privacy” is a contradictory concept, like “government intelligence” or “jumbo shrimp.”
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Why online equity matters
Metaphor and narrative are an argument’s connective tissue. The Marketplace Equity Act nails the metaphor (the need for…
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Imagining Everett in 2025
Seven years is an instructive yardstick. Committed relationships occasionally soldier on as long, while the human body produces…
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Donate blood this summer
Despite annual pleas for help, summer remains the “dry” season for blood donations, and this year it’s worse…
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Go for the gold, comrades
With summer and the Olympics in full swing, let’s volley the headlines around like a badminton birdie (then…
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Robinson the right choice
The sudden death of Everett City Councilmember Drew Nielsen broke the hearts of his family and friends, just…
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The Olympics: Sci-fi stuff
They open tonight, across the world, in London, with a three-hour ceremony that may be watched by a…
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Judicious choice in Judge
Electing judges, a populist legacy of the 19th century, is often reduced to a Hobson’s choice, alighting on…
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Goodbye Ichiro, good luck
It’s a fitting farewell, an oddity in a sport that loves the statistical glitch, a quirk in a…
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DelBene pragmatic choice
Washington’s new 1st Congressional District is a political and demographic medley, extending from Kirkland to the Canadian border.…
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Fathoming the fathomless
On Friday the tattoo of gunfire in an Aurora, Colo., theater echoed across the American West. Raw, unfettered…
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A Fiat-brewed cup to go
When one makes an embarrassing homophone error, it’s best to learn from it, then grin and bare it.…
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Use wide lens on security
News reports Thursday reveal flaws in our post-9/11 life in the United States.
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Addicts deserve our respect
There was the death last week of a 21-year-old Marysville woman. Police suspected heroin.
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Work fun into learning
The summer slide isn’t exclusively a quick trip down a slippery surface in your back yard or at…
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Science just a technicality
Well, at least it’s a warm mist. Let’s thunder at the headlines.
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Give ratepayers a break
The city of Everett has made its annual announcement that it will raise utility rates, the amount yet…