Opinion
Comment: Gavi, a global vaccine initiative, can save lives of kids
Urge your representatives in Congress to support its programs to increase access to vaccines around the world.
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Comment: Doing the math of elections offers lesson in politics
Using population and election statistics, students get a sense for how math is used in government.
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Comment: Why it’s getting harder to study, combat fake news
Critics are conflating fact-checkers’ work with censorship; but how misinformation is handled matters.
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Comment: We’re still just guessing at health effects of cannabis
We don’t know how much is OK or at what potency. And that goes double for its effects…
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Comment: Comparing Harris and Trump on crime and justice
A look at their records in office show wide differences in the policies they would likely pursue.
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Eco-nomics: As hurricane raged, Project 2025 heaped on denial
As Helene killed hundreds, the Heritage Foundation’s president described climate change as “weather.”
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Comment: Everett ballot measure could make housing crisis worse
Extending ‘rights’ to the Snohomish River would invite harmful lawsuits and won’t add to its protections.
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Comment: Supported employment for disabled built by partners
Providing the benefits of inclusive employment requires the work of nonprofits, agencies and businesses.
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Comment: Trump has alread shown us who he is during a crisis
Whether a pandemic or a hurricane, Trump couldn’t resist lies and omissions, leading to further tragedy.
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Comment: Mass deportation not just cruel; it would be costly
Start with a low estimate of $315 billion in deportation costs, then add losses to taxes and the…
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Comment: Past decision backs justices into corner on ghost guns
To rule gun kits as guns, the Supreme Court will have to abandon the textualism it used on…
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Comment: Why ‘Never Trump’ conservatives must vote for Harris
Even in ‘blue’ states, they don’t have the luxury of voting for a third-party candidate, as I did…
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Comment: Where Trump, Harris tickets stand on LGBTQ issues
Rather than platforms, consider the candidates’ past actions on LGBTQ rights and restrictions.
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Comment: A protein-folding UW professor shows promise of AI
A Nobel award has highlighted AI-assisted work that could aid the development and efficacy of drugs.
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Comment: For kids and fairer tax code vote no on I-2109
At the expense of families, voting yes would repeal a tax paid by only the state’s wealthiest individuals.
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Comment: Efforts look to put Marysville schools on stable path
New interim leadership, its school board and the community can restore the school district’s finances.
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Comment: An economist’s hard-headed take on disaster relief
Sometimes state-run insurance encourages homeowners to rebuild where they really shouldn’t.
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Comment: Nation’s flood insurance system is badly broken
Hurricane Helene may have caused $250 billion in losses. All but $15 billion of that is uninsured.
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Comment: Netanyahu’s plan for peace has to start at home
If there’s no place in leadership for Hamas and Hezbollah, there’s no room for Israel’s nationalist fanatics.
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Comment: Wider Israel-Iran war would devastate the Mideast
And the U.S. would almost certainly be pulled into the conflict as Israel seeks combat support.