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Welch: Over-budget, delayed, Sound Transit needs major reforms

Its board should be elected directly to allow more accountability for costs and project timelines.

 

Douthat: Why can’t Trump’s foreign policy inspire his domestic policy

The president should take a cue from his successes overseas. He can start by ignoring ideology.

 

Schwab: Take the fork in the road or stick a fork in democracy

When troops kick down doors and zip-tie kids, when food aid is destroyed, there’s a choice to be made.

 

Burke: The lie that shut down government could cost you more

J.D. Vance and others in the GOP lie about what Democrats seek in a budget deal. We’ve seen it before.

Kristof: Portland to meet Trump’s guard call-up with nude cyclists

A very Portland response may be the the best way to answer Trump’s version of a Praetorian Guard.

Dowd: The stuff that nightmares are made of; AI takes Hollywood

Actors and others are alarmed by the latest starlet: Tilly Norwood, an AI creation that doesn’t age.

Schwab: After the last week, we could all use a Tylenol

Trump dispenses medical advice, obedient lawyers, travel advisories and calls up Gen. Mayhem.

Dowd: If you’re not worried about AI, time to take another look

Elon Musk’s Grok is turning young men inward, while AI advances faster than we can grasp its power.

French: Trump, Bondi tailor a crime that’s a poor fit for Comey

The only clear evidence in the indictment of James Comey is that Trump wants revenge.

Friedman: Peace plan unlikely, but it requires every effort

It can work as designed, but every step it comes closer to peace means some will fight to destroy it.

Welch: Business case for Kroger’s closure of Everett Fred Meyer

The grocery chain cited theft, but other costs from labor, taxes and regulation certainly contributed.

Harrop: Which is greater danger: Comics or sex traffickers?

Trump has stepped up his distraction game; now going after late-night talk show hosts.

Stephens: And just like that, left cared about free speech again

Yes, there are examples on both sides, but liberals had long failed to see the dangers of cultural censorship.

Schwab: We’re seeing who Trump & Co. are; can we go another way?

Trump stated it no more plainly than ‘I hate my opponent.’ Is this the America for which you voted?

French: Latest TikTok dance video? The Crony Capitalism Cha-Cha

Trump, ignoring Congress and U.S. security, has pushed a deal with China that benefits billionaires.

Burke: As democracy dismantled step by step, take these steps

Georgia’s Stacy Abrams has advice on how to begin countering the rollback of rights under Trump.

Douthat: Conservatives have a point on Kimmel; Trump misses it

Rather than oversee a correction on civic responsibility, Trump wants those institutions to serve him.

Comment: We’re losing our culture of argument and its purpose

We’re losing an understanding of the purpose of Socratic argument and learning what we don’t know.

Schwab: Weaponization of an atrocity invites atrocity

Past leaders sought to unite Americans in times of tumult; Trump is using tragedy to further his aims.

Harrop: Did Charlie Kirk’s assassin do it to show he could?

By Froma Harrop / Creators.com This is not about Charlie Kirk. He was admirable as a debater and as a conservative who welcomed debate. Some… Continue reading