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Children play and look up at a large whale figure hanging from the ceiling at the Imagine Children’s Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Editorial: Making your holiday shopping count for even more

Gifts of experiences can be found at YMCA, Village Theatre, Schack and Imagine Children’s Museum.

Comment: As tariffs looming, holiday deals may not return soon

Aside from some January sales, you can expect retailers to offer fewer deals once tariffs are in effect.

McMillian Cottom: How to help those still devasted by Helene

Among charities, consider Southern Smoke, which aids families employed in the hospitality industry.

Residents from the south celebrate as they return to their homes, south of Beirut, Nov. 27, 2024. A cease-fire meant to end the deadliest war in decades between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah officially took effect early Wednesday, less than a day after President Biden announced the deal and Israel approved its terms. (Daniel Berehulak /The New York Times)
Comment: What the ceasefire means; and what it doesn’t

Hopes for a broader Mideast peace are faint at best, but stability provides a path for further agreements.

Supporting The Herald’s local journalism, opinion

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American principles: Give youths vision through example

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FILE — Bill Nye, the science educator, in New York, March 5, 2015. Nye filed a $37 million lawsuit against Disney and its subsidiaries on Aug. 25, 2017, alleging that he was deprived of extensive profits from his show “Bill Nye, the Science Guy,” which ran on PBS from 1993 to 1998. (Jake Naughton/The New York Times)
Editorial: What saved climate act? Good sense and a Science Guy

A majority kept the Climate Commitment Act because of its investments, with some help from Bill Nye.

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2019, file photo, Washington Supreme Court Justice Steven González listens to testimony during a hearing in Olympia, Wash. González has been elected as the next chief justice of the Washington state Supreme Court. He was elected by his colleagues on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, according to a news release sent by the court. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Editorial: Daunting fix to fund right to public defenders

With a court system in crisis, threatening justice, local governments say they can’t pick up the tab.

Killer whales not trapped in nets during the 1970 Penn Cove capture stayed near penned kin until the last one was hauled away on a truck. (Wallie Funk/Whidbey News-Times file)
Editorial: After 50 years, the message in orcas’ Penn Cove return

The return by L pod, following deadly roundups in 1970-71, should serve as a reminder of responsibility.

Brooks: The challenge to institutions presented by Trumpism

To save America, we need to reform its hidebound institutions before Trumpists tear them all down.

Forum: Giving thanks for response to food bank after storm

The community quickly answered the call when the bomb cyclone cut power to the Snohomish food bank.

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