Opinion
Forum: It’s come to this; maybe some states should join Canada
If the U.S. is so ideologically divided, maybe Washington and other states should look to the Great White…
Opinion
Forum: Kids and parents navigate transitions as years pass
Boxing up the playthings of childhood is an exercise in choosing what to part with, what to keep.
Opinion
Forum: Small changes can have lasting impacts in ninth grade
A program in Everett schools for ninth-grade students is a success. Its state funding should continue.
Opinion
Forum: Are systems serving us, or are we serving systems?
Whether we’re talking 401(k)s or immigration, are systems serving what’s in our interests and values?
Opinion
Forum: Funding for childcare, education helps kids and parents
Those programs support valuable investments in families, in businesses and our state’s economy.
Opinion
Forum: Changing status quo easy; letting justice guide harder
A combination of concern and action promotes justice, and that takes reflection and courage to act.
Opinion
Forum: Let Edmonds residents hear RFA facts without city’s spin
The city spent money on a PR campaign about joining the fire authority. Facts should guide the decision.
Opinion
Forum: State church leaders call for compasion for immigrants
Scripture repeatedly instructs us to love our neighbor and show the stranger hospitality.
Opinion
Forum: Support state legislation to reform policing, corrections
One bill would harmonize standards for agency leadership; another would clarify review of corrections facilities.
Opinion
Forum: Requiem for a lost heavyweight: Sports Illustrated
SI, with Time and NatGeo, were a holy trinity for me and my dad. Now, it’s a world…
Opinion
Forum: Political leaders should leave trash talk to ballplayers
Verbal intimidation is one thing on the basketball court; it shouldn’t have a place in our politics.
Opinion
Forum: Setting our schedules, virtues, values and morality
Our lives depend on calibration, aligning our clocks to other timepieces. But how do we know the time?
Opinion
Forum: Too much of health care spending isn’t used for health care
Our system wastes money on a fight between insurers and providers. We need a national health service.
Opinion
Forum: Life as a northern girl, longing for a southern mood
Following a jazz guitarist to Arkansas may not have made me southern, but I kept a wisp of…
Opinion
Forum: County must protect wetlands that feed salmon, orca
Changing rules that would lift protections for wetlands would harm streams, rivers and Puget Sound.
Opinion
Forum: The one thing that AI can’t replicate: our wondrous flaws
Anything that AI produces, such as music, is hollow in its perfection. Flaws breathe life into our work.
Opinion
Forum: Drive for pitching speed troubles dad over injuries
More young baseball players are facing shoulder surgery as the sport pushes for high speeds and strikeouts.
Opinion
Forum: New Herald columnist hopes to encourage dialogue, insight
Todd Welch is a Navy veteran and former member of the Lake Stevens City Council and will focus…
Opinion
Forum: Kept or not, making resolutions is a helpful process
The effort offers a chance to reflect on your time, your word, your attention and your connections.
Opinion
Forum: Finding acceptance, rather than shame in missing mark
When hopes for a personal goal fall short, we can choose guilt or accept the grace of learning…