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Editorial cartoons for Sunday, Nov. 16

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FILE — President Donald Trump and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick display a chart detailing tariffs, at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The Justices will hear arguments on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025 over whether the president acted legally when he used a 1977 emergency statute to unilaterally impose tariffs.(Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
Editorial: Public opinion on Trump’s tariffs may matter most

The state’s trade interests need more than a Supreme Court ruling limiting Trump’s tariff power.

FILE — Wind turbines in Rio Vista, Calif. on Sept. 1, 2023. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrat of California, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, cast himself as the “stable and reliable” American partner to the world, called a White House proposal to open offshore drilling in the waters off California “disgraceful” and urged his fellow Democrats to recast climate change as a “cost of living issue.” (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
Comment: U.S. climate efforts didn’t hurt economy; they grew it

Even as U.S. population and the economy grew substantially, greenhouse gas emissions stayed constant.

Welch column unfairly targeted transgender girls

When Todd Welch was first brought on as a regular columnist for… Continue reading

Did partisan rhetoric backfire on Snohomish city candidates?

Something interesting happened recently in the city of Snohomish mayoral and city… Continue reading

Comment: From opposite ends of crime, a plea for justice reform

A survivor of crime and an incarceree support a bill to forge better outcomes for both communities.

Comment: Misnamed Fix Our Forest Act would worsen wildfire risk

The U.S. Senate bill doesn’t fund proven strategies and looks to increase harvest in protective forests.

Comment: City governments should stay out of the grocery market

Rather than run its own grocery stores, government should get out of the way of private companies.

Forum: Grading students needs shift from testing to achievement

Standardized tests are alienating students and teachers. Focus education on participation and goals.

Forum: Varied interests for ecology, civil rights can speak together

A recent trip to Portland revealed themes common to concerns for protecting salmon, wildlife and civil rights.

Editorial: Welcome guidance on speeding public records duty

The state attorney general is advancing new rules for compliance with the state’s public records law.

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, Nov. 15

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