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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, March 28
A sketchy look at the news of the day.
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Editorial: Initiative fee increase protects process, taxpayers
Bumped up to $156 from $5, the increase may discourage attempts to game the initiative process.
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Protecting forests and prevent another landslide like Oso
Thank you for the powerful and heartbreaking article about the Oso landslide tragedy (“After The Slide,” The Herald).…
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Boeing’s downfall started when engineers demoted
Boeing used to be run by engineers who made money to build good aircraft.
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Learn swimming safety to protect kids at beach, pool
Don’t forget to dive into water safety before hitting the pool or heading to the beach for spring…
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Comment: Why shootings have decreased but gun deaths haven’t
High-capacity magazines and ‘Glock switches’ that allow automatic fire have increased lethality.
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Burke: ‘Why not write about Biden, for once?’ Don’t mind if I do.
They asked; I’ll oblige. Let’s consider what the president has accomplished since the 2020 election.
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Comment: Catherine missed chance to dispel shame of cancer
She wasn’t obligated to do so, but she might have used her diagnosis to educate a sympathetic public.
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Comment: Why more Americans are ending up in ‘potter’s fields’
Just as more seniors are living alone, a million ‘kinless seniors’ are likely to die alone, mourned by…
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Comment: AI making disinformation even harder to fight
AI makes it especially easy to target communities of color and others reliant on cell phone apps.
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Editorial: Community Transit making most of Link’s arrival
The Lynnwood light rail station will allow the transit agency to improve routes and frequency of buses.
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We need ‘We Are the World’ effort for today’s crises
Thank you for publishing Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker’s “For one brief musical moment, we were the world”…
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Is Ferguson who voters want to elect as govenor?
When I realized how damaging Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s “sanctuary state” and ‘Keep Washington…
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Saunders: Hearings catch Hunter benefiting from ‘Biden lift’
Republicans have failed to connect the president to his son’s crimes, but there’s no denying those.
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Comment: Judge’s action in Trump papers case worse than loony
Her instructions, beyond nonsensical, could allow delay of a trial and even dismissal of the charges.
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Comment: Here’s how to debunk disinformation, conspiracy
A college course teaches students how to examine a claim, vet its sources and judge its veracity.
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Comment: To appeal, Trump may have to put up or give up
To appeal his New York civil case and the hefty fine, Trump has only a narrow range of…