Opinion
Editorial cartoons for Sunday, Aug. 24
A sketchy look at the news of the day.
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This is what many of you voted for
Our “president” was narrowly elected to office. This, despite the fact he was a convicted convict, racist, liar,…
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Everett mayor’s race: Objection indicates truth of flyer
A recent letter writer was disappointed with a flyer Scott Murphy’s campaign for Everett mayor sent. I’m not…
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Lincoln’s empathy: Let’s make America kind again
Regarding Christi Parsons’ excellent column on President Lincoln’s empathy (“A nation divided should practice Lincoln’s empathy,” The Herald,…
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Everett mayor’s race: Franklin too friendly to business
The Herald endorsed Mayor Cassie Franklin. No surprise. She’s business-friendly to a fault. The fault being businesses are…
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Pay Herald’s news staffers fairly, without quotas
I’m writing as a concerned member of the community who deeply values the role of local journalism. My…
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Who are Guard in D.C. told is the enemy?
As a young armor officer in the U.S. Army stationed in South Korea, I had rules of engagement.…
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Turn IAM union hall EV chargers back on
The secretary/treasurer of the local Machinists union shut down the free electric vehicle stations in front of the…
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Late ballot postmark by Everett post office canceled our vote
About 2 p.m. on Aug. 5, election day, I took the primary election ballots that my husband and…
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Support legislation to stop politicizing of civil service
As someone proud to have served the American people as a federal scientist in the Department of Interior…
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Assign blame where it’s due: Trump
Ignore media and political messaging on how they think you are doing. Instead focus on the effect, how…
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Inside baseball: Democratic players need to step up
If politics are baseball, the Republicans are knocking it out of the park. They came out strong, hit…
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We’ll need a penny’s good luck after passage of BBB
I was intrigued by Edie Everette’s question of why bother to pick up pennies (“Why bother to pick…
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Wrong for RFK Jr. to defund vital mRNA research
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that all National Institutes of Health research on…
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Everett School Board: Smear campaign a personal attack
Recently in my mailbox I found the first campaign mailer for the general election for the Everett school…
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Eastview Village approval values development over nature
This destruction of the environment is despicable (“Community members file land use appeal of Eastview Village,” The Herald…
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Surrendering our allies to our enemies
I got a chance to see the surrender agreement Donald Trump is proposing to Vladimir Putin. It includes…
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Difficult for Trump to shake his ties to Epstein
Is Donald Trump finally meeting his personal Waterloo? Trump is desperately trying to silence the talk about his…
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Loss of Meaningful Day program heralds threat to valued services
The Herald’s Aug. 12th coverage of the loss of the Meaningful Day program underscores a troubling pattern: services…