Commentary

Comment: Trump lawyer’s walkback of ‘stolen election’ remarkable

While excused as a ‘misrepresentation’ rather than a lie, she admits her and the campaign’s ‘selfish’ purposes.

Comment: UN ocean treaty a bigger deal than you might know

Protecting the high seas can help protect fisheries and a vital engine in limiting climate change.

Electric Time technician Dan LaMoore adjusts a clock hand on a 1000-lb., 12-foot diameter clock constructed for a resort in Vietnam, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Medfield, Mass. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, March 14, 2021, when clocks are set ahead one hour. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Comment: Past time to pick a time standard and stick with it

The switch between standard and daylight saving is harmful. A lasting return to standard may be best.

Electric Time technician Dan LaMoore adjusts a clock hand on a 1000-lb., 12-foot diameter clock constructed for a resort in Vietnam, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Medfield, Mass. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, March 14, 2021, when clocks are set ahead one hour. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Comment: Keep pressing to make insulin affordable for all

Even with recent action by government and industry, continued action is needed to lower its cost.

Comment: Survey of Puget Sound shorelines key to protection

A bill requiring a photographic survey of shorelines will set a baseline to restore and preserve them.

Garry Clark, CEO of Economic Alliance Snohomish County. (Kevin Clark / Herald file)

Comment: Why help an 8-year-old kid, homeless and hungry?

Because that kid might one day make more ripples than any of us to make a better Snohomish County.

Garry Clark, CEO of Economic Alliance Snohomish County. (Kevin Clark / Herald file)

Comment: Cities’ jobs race shifts away from companies to people

With the office less a key to work, it may matter more to attract residents than corporations.

Comment: How Trump could lose primaries but win nomination

A quirk in how the GOP allocates delegates could be exploited by Trump supporters and his campaign.

Comment: Working women need more than lazy stories on trends

There are important details, data and context missing from many attempts to cover gender equality.

Comment: Count on crowded jets, higher fares for summer travel

Reluctant to add more planes to fleets, airlines are not adding capacity to meet demand, which allows higher prices.

Comment: State and local ‘rainy day’ funds may aid ‘soft landing’

Those reserve funds could limit an economic downturn, but it may make it harder to reduce inflation.

Comment: The best news in a mixed report on world’s coal use

Carbon emissions from coal were up globally, but Europe — amid an energy crisis — found ways to avoid it.

Comment: Why are we working less but still burned out?

Hint: It may not be about the hours we work but how we’re spending our time when we’re not working.

Commentary: Lily’s insulin price drop may force broader changes

As well as putting pressure on other makers, it could focus attention on pharmacy benefit middlemen.

Comment: Is DeSantis worse than Trump? For now, it’s pointless

Florida’s governor has offered clues as to his policies, but it’t much too early to begin drawing conclusions.

Comment: Switch from gas to electric isn’t cheap, but it saves

There’s a huge cost to replacing infrastructure, but in time electricity’s efficiency pays for it self and more.

Comment: E-bikes intensifying the battles among trail users

E-bikes have opened the backcountry to more people, increasing the friction among users that already existed.

Comment: With GOP split on clean energy, Democrats should act

Democrats must take the case for renewable energy to red states where the IRA’s gains could be reversed.

Comment: It’s not faith but policy that drives evangelical voters

It’s why ‘born again’ Christian voters so easily jumped from backing Carter to Reagan to Trump.