Opinion
Tufekci: Regulation why food-borne illness isn’t more common
Lax practices at a Boar’s Head plant show why regulation and inspection are necessary for the food industry.
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Comment: Air travel is getting better; passenger behavior hasn’t
Flights are more affordable. Fewer are canceled. But more passengers insist on unruly behavior.
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Comment: Musk’s free-speech absolutism flawed, self-serving
His belief that free speech is the best antidote against disinformation ignores X’s constraints on facts.
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Comment: Tipping out of control; Harris, Trump would make it worse
Removing income tax on tips could expand tipping to other jobs and require others to pay more in…
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Comment: A look at the legacy of U.S.’s Afghanistan withdrawal
For all the chaos and loss of life, the aftermath hasn’t meant a loss of intelligence or standing.
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French: Even constrained, new indictment against Trump stronger
Forced to concentrate on Trump’s private actions, the case has been made clearer and easier to argue.
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Comment: To save one species, should we be killing another?
A federal program to cull barred owls to save native spotted owls is raising questions about wildlife policy.
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EVs up to range challenge with planning
I was disappointed in Ta’Leah Van Sistine’s report regarding EVs in the backcountry (“Can EVs go the distance…
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Vehicle-owners should pay to fix problems from fish-killing tires
A very well-written disclosure about tire wear and correlated salmon deaths (“New limit set for tire chemical that…
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Editorial: Light rail reshaping the future of Snohomish County
The arrival of service to Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood brings changes for travel, housing and more.
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Comment: Joint effort to hit cancer in state with a CAPOW!
Cancer Action Plan of Washington is a team effort to help state residents prevent, treat and survive cancer.
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Comment; Congress considers change to open primaries in states
States now use many types of primaries. A bill would open primaries to all voters, regardless of party.
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Comment: Protect state’s strength in drug research, development
Life sciences are a leading employer in the state and are must continue work on life-saving therapies.
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Forum: Hear what’s said and how, whether candidate or defendant
My recent experience on a jury offered a lesson in the value of listening for a person’s character.
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Forum: News consumers must demand ethics from news outlets
A century ago, newspapers lived by a code of ethics. The drive for profit has compromised that standard.
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Stephens: Plenty of global outrage for college crowd to protest
Don’t stop with Gaza and Ukraine; rage against atrocities in Venezuela, Ethiopia, Sudan and more.