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Comment: How Biden cost Democrats the presidency

It wasn’t just a failure to confront his frailty; it was a failure to confront conventional thinking.

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Comment: Fundamental rights should depend on your ZIP code

While flawed, courts’ nationwide injunctions are necessary to avoid limits to rights based on where one lives.

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Editorial cartoons for Monday, June 2

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Comment: To save downtowns, find housing for those without homes

No investments will be made, no one will return unless we first solve our problem with homelessness.

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Comment: Democrats get another chance to repair their brand

The skipped over AOC for a key committee post; now they can appoint a young and skilled member.

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Harrop: GOP states seeing red over green energy

Even as renewables add to their energy mix, Republicans are loathe to admit that it’s working.

Demonstrators gather as part of the National Law Day of Action outside the Supreme Court in Washington, May 1, 2025. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)

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Comment: Justice is blind; it shouldn’t be silenced

Politicians play a dangerous game by accusing judges who rule against them of defying the voters’ will.

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State should split ferry contract to keep jobs, speed up build

On Jan. 8, Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson, transportation leaders from the Senate and House, and leadership from Washington State…

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Has Trump read Paine’s ‘Common Sense’?

Will Donald Trump, who says he “runs the world” and approved a picture of himself with a crown…

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Editorial cartoons for Sunday, June 1

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

A rendering of the new vessels to be built for Washington State Ferries. (Washington State Ferries)

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Editorial: Local shipyard should get shot to build state ferries

If allowed to build at least two ferries, Nichols Brothers can show the value building here offers.

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Youth Forum: Zoos today provide education and protection

Zoos today allow better understanding of animal needs and are aiding in saving species from extinction.

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Youth Forum: Students need hands-on learning of animal dissection

It can help students decide a career path in life sciences; because of USDA oversight it’s safe.

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Comment: Trump doesn’t want to fix Harvard; he wants to control it

Crippling Harvard and its students would hit all of higher ed and U.S. leadership in research and more.

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Forum: New stadium a civic project that can deliver on its vision

Along with keeping the AquaSox in town, it offers a wealth of broader public benefits for Everett.

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Forum: Pope Leo’s election a welcome reminder to protect workers

His choice of Leo XIII as his namesake is important for his attitudes toward dignity, justice and labor.

May 28, 2025: Trump Budget Bill

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, May 31

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, May 30

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Schwab: We’re witnesses to a new China syndrome

What’s melting down now, with America’s retreat from the world, is our standing and economic influence.

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If you need a permit to purchase a gun, how about for voting?

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 1163 into law requiring, among other things, purchasing a permit, passing a…