Standardized testing is controversial for many different reasons, but in the Lake Stevens School District, it is the timing of these tests that is controversial.… Continue reading
A sketchy look at the day in politics.… Continue reading
If the world would be a safer place by disarming a couple of countries led by unstable leaders, why would the U.S. be safer if… Continue reading
Columnist
Trump wanted the summit so badly, Kim won legitimacy in trade for his own unanchored promises.
If Canada and its cronies aren’t going to put America first, Trump should form a new G-8.
The Mukilteo teachers union is spitting in wind by asking the Mukilteo School District to increase teacher pay. The current labor agreement provides a $1… Continue reading
I read with interest the commentary reprinted on June 6 from The Yakima Herald-Republic regarding saving 911 calls for real emergencies. I applaud and appreciate… Continue reading
Column
Rather than pass a law, the GOP is using a backdoor to end protections for pre-existing conditions.
Columnist
Having read him for years, I want to think and write just as Krauthammer has in his long career.
I recently saw a story about a young child getting poked with a heroin needle at Garfield Park. I learned about the story not from… Continue reading
It was no surprise that John Reed was found guilty in the Oso murders based on what we have been reading the past year. However,… Continue reading
Thank you to reporter Lizz Giordano for The Herald’s May 30 article, “Expanded program protects even more farmland from sprawl.” Snohomish County’s Transfer of Development… Continue reading
Reforms are needed to a 1992 law intended to keep medication costs low for low-income patients.
Commentary
Signatures are now sought to place a carbon-tax initiative on the ballot for November.
Medicare and Social Security are on a quicker pace to become insolvent than previously thought. Already at retirement age and working, I cannot fathom getting… Continue reading
In regard to the June 9 letter to the editor concerning Eugene Robinson: Judging from his comment about Mr. Robinson’s lack of objectivity, it seems… Continue reading
A sketchy look at the day in politics.… Continue reading
Congratulations to Donald Trump on all of his accomplishments during his first 500 days in office. There were several we would have never known about… Continue reading
At least one person is enjoying every minute of the president’s disgraceful antics: Vladimir Putin.
The cowardly Republican Party does absolutely nothing to constrain a rogue president.
