Opinion
Comment: ICE deportations ignore the promise of ‘never again’
Sending deportees to a third country leaves them open to persecution, a violation of global treaties.
Opinion
Comment: Supreme Court majority must show its work in rulings
Its silence in rulings on emergency docket cases risks appearing arbitrary leaves questions unanswered.
Opinion
Comment: Never mind gas prices; your power bill will cost you
Demand from datacenters and the rollback of clean power incentives will show up in your electricity bill.
Opinion
Comment: Is Trump the new editor-in-chief for CBS, ABC
Journalists at the networks will have to prove their independence after owners’ capitulation to Trump.
Opinion
Comment: New tax adds to burden of those in long-term care
Little discussed, the tax doubles or triples annual per-bed fees that will be passed on to families.
Opinion
Comment: BPA adds to long history of poor resource management
A decision to join a far-flung energy market echoes past decisions detrimental to ratepayers and salmon.
Opinion
Comment: State got cheaper ferries and a policy rebuke
Accepting a contract for Florida-built ferries should tell lawmakers something about taxes and regulations.
Opinion
Comment: Miller’s immigrant-free utopia is fact-free fantasy
Undocumented immigrants aren’t crowding our ERs and classrooms. Those problems have tougher solutions.
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Comment: The flash-flood era is here and we’re not ready for it
Our infrastructure isn’t strong enough, too few of our homes are insured and FEMA is being dismantled.
Opinion
Comment: Trump wants to sanitize parks’ history for your protection
Park visitors are being asked us QR codes to tattle on exhibits that ‘disparage’ Americans. There’s a better…
Opinion
Comment: There’s no vaccine that assures concern for community
As vaccination rates drop we’re losing the ‘herd immunity’ that protects those who can’t receive vaccines.
Opinion
Comment: Texas paying the price for handouts to oil, gas industry
The tax money it gives the fossil fuel industry might be better spent on readying Texans for climate…
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Comment: Epstein matter places MAGA, Democrats on common ground
MAGA wants release of the files. Democrats are happy to exploit the division between Trump and his base.
Opinion
Why isn’t county’s fireworks ban being enforced?
So many of those living around us in the Meadowdale Park area (we live on 156th St. SW)…
Opinion
Comment: Can we risk putting Social Security funds in markets?
Public pension funds operate on this model. It works for Canada, too. But there are no guarantees.
Opinion
Comment: Trump ignores Congress’ TikTok ban; Congress shrugs
And it’s nothing new; presidents have long taken it on themselves to enforce laws as they see fit.
Opinion
Comment: Trump era will prove consequential; but as he hopes?
Trump has taken far-reaching steps in foreign and domestic policy. What follows will write his history.
Opinion
Comment: GOP delayed worst of BBB’s cuts until after midterms
Republicans are counting on low-information voters’ party loyalty over their own financial interests.
Opinion
Comment: Midterm messaging fight for working class has begun
And Democrats have a head start thanks to the GOP’s all-in support for cuts to the social safety…
Opinion
Comment: Superman has been ‘woke’ as far back as Krypton
Conservative critics upset by the movie director’s comments on immigration need to read up on the hero’s origins.