Opinion

FILE — A Ukrainian drone pilot in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine on April 24, 2025. Assaults in Russia and Ukraine have shown major military powers that they are unprepared for evolving forms of warfare, and need to adapt. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

Comment: How Ukraine’s drone strike upends the rules of warfare

Inexpensive drones reached deep into Russia to destroy aircraft that were used against Ukraine.

FILE — A Ukrainian drone pilot in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine on April 24, 2025. Assaults in Russia and Ukraine have shown major military powers that they are unprepared for evolving forms of warfare, and need to adapt. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
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Editorial cartoons for Sunday, June 8

A sketchy look at the news of the day.… Continue reading

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Comment: Proposed stadium is an investment in Everett’s future

A methodical process has outlined a multipurpose facility that can be built without new taxes.

Comment: Some DEI programs ensured protection of veterans’ health

Cut as a cost-saving measure, such programs helped ensure services for women and minorities.

Comment: We can’t manage what we refuse to measure

The Trump administration’s war against climate science will compound the devastation from disasters.

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, June 7

A sketchy look at the news of the day.… Continue reading

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Forum: Nonprofits and communities face an existential crisis

When missions, and not just methods, are questioned, how do groups reweave to remain vital and valued?

The Buzz: As long as we’re all going to die, might as well laugh

Split you sides as Elon and Trump split the sheets. And Sen. Debbie Downer lightens the mood at a town hall.

Christians’ civic engagement is a right and duty

Recent calls for Christians to avoid political involvement in the name of humility may sound spiritual, but they risk promoting passivity. In America, our rights… Continue reading

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, June 6

A sketchy look at the news of the day.… Continue reading

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Ensure due process to all threatened with deportation

I am writing to express my concerns regarding immigrants, migrants and students who are being wrongfully detained, imprisoned and deported from our country. The Constitution… Continue reading

Goldberg: Musk’s leaves legacy of disease, starvation and death

DOGE may only break even, and at the cost of some 300,000 deaths from the end of USAID.

Is church engaged in ‘worship warfare’?

Imagine; Snohomish’s very own Russell Johnson, pastor of the Pursuit Church, quoted in the Seattle Times, calling for Mayor Bruce Harrell’s resignation (or an apology).… Continue reading

Schwab: Reveling in the dis-Enlightenment of America

Fearing an educated and informed electorate, Trump and MAGA target knowledge, science and reason.

Comment: MAHA report’s faked research just start of problems

RFK Jr. has the notion of research backward, forcing it to fit the conspiracies he’s always believed.

Comment: Republicans’ tax bill is generational theft

The focus has been on cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, but even greater harm awaits those yet to be born.

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, June 5

A sketchy look at the news of the day.… Continue reading

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How are cuts by Trump and RFK Jr. making us healthy?

Once I recovered from the shock of a second Donald Trump term, I consoled myself remembering that we survived the first term so we would… Continue reading

More support needed to keep care programs running

I just don’t understand the closing of an adult day health center and yet we are building a new stadium in Everett (“I’ll lose everything’:… Continue reading

Welch’s criticism of Democrats unpersuasive

Todd Welch’s May 28 Herald commentary criticizing Gov. Bob Ferguson’s signing of the latest $78 billion state budget was written in the classic literary architecture… Continue reading