Opinion
Everett Schools bond, levy support career, STEM pathways
Everett Public Schools does many things well, including a 96 percent graduation rate. One area that deserves more…
Opinion
Let your friends hear from you at the holidays
The one thing that I most look forward to each holiday season is hearing from old friends, even…
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Kristof: It wasn’t history’s best year, yet there’s reason for hope
The rate of child mortality ended years of decline because of U.S. aid cuts. But things can get…
Opinion
Comment: Grocery store scanner one thing Trump can’t argue with
He can try his power of positive thinking and repetitive Jedi mind tricks, but it’s not impressing Americans.
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Comment: A Trump ‘pardon’ that justly will get nowhere
His order, feckless because he can’t dismiss state charges, means a felon convicted of election fraud will stay…
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2025’s Best Editorial Cartoons, April through June
A sketchy look back at 2025, April through June.
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Comment: Trump immigration policy depleting health care workforce
Immigrants make up a significant portion of health care workers. Losing them threatens care for many.
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Comment: No hoax in failure of Epstein’s ‘friends’ to call out abuse
Regardless of what’s in the files, we know who he was with and what should have been clear…
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Goldberg: Conservatives lost control of their monsterous creation
A meeting between podcaster Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk’s widow didn’t bring the detente that was sought.
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Comment: Trump’s biggest strengths turned against him in 2025
He’s lost many Americans on affordability and a 2024 Latino coalition has also turned against him.
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Harrop: Like Kevin, Trump’s Big Apple ties are ‘Lost in New York’
What’s left of Trump’s N.Y.C namesakes are now only found in two holiday movies.
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2025’s Best Editorial Cartoons, January through March
A sketchy look at the year in editorial cartoons, January through March.
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Comment: ‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’
U.S. researchers reflect on how the Trump administration’s cuts to science have changed their lives.
Opinion
Comment: Clothed in fabric of leadership, service and showing up
Leadership Snohomish County’s service at Christmas House offers lessons in the exchange of community.
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Comment: State lawmakers can lower prices at the grocery store
Reversing a B&O surcharge on food wholesalers would show they see the hardships consumers now face.
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Comment: More spending not answer to better student outcomes
Spending and student testing in several states show a mixed bag. But one city shows a way forward.
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The Buzz: A look back – peaking above hands over our eyes – at 2025
Just a reminder that what doesn’t kill you ought to make you laugh. While you shake your head.
Opinion
Editorial: An opinionated look at 2025
A review of local, state and national events through the lens of the opinions of The Herald Editorial…
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Schwab: Pledging allegiance to the United States of Trumpmerica
Is there nothing that can’t be made more ‘hot’ by slapping the president’s name on it? In gold…