Opinion
Forum: As goes Boeing, so goes state funding for schools
Boeing tried to update the 737 on the cheap. The state has done the same in funding schools.
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Forum: Taking the train must be made better travel alternative
State officials need to make the Amtrak Cascades route faster, increasing its value as an option to I-5.
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Forum: A come-backer line drive no match for the Comeback Kid
There’s no scarier moment for a parent than to see your child injured, except for the thoughts that…
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Forum: You get one shot at ‘first reaction’ to a song; enjoy it
As good as music was in the ’70s, and as much as I listen again and again, it…
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Forum: Setting record straight on Sauk-Suiattle chief’s daughter
A recent Herald article misstated a dowry paid for my great-grandmother as her being sold into slavery.
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Forum: Energy efficiency needs emphasis from utilities, agencies
Snohomish PUD has been a leader in energy conservation, but more work is needed as electricity demand grows.
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Forum: Consumers have power to direct a moral capitalism
Capitalism works best when it recognizes its responsibilities. That’s where our money should go.
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Forum: Supreme Court shouldn’t allow punishment for homelessness
Regardless of the outcome, communities should seek out solutions, not penalties, for homelessness.
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Forum: Growing potatoes proves value in ‘reinventing the wheel’
You can get ‘em cheaper and easier at the store, sure, but then you miss out on spuds’…
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Forum: What if Dumbledore supervised Boeing’s production line?
The professor’s advice to Harry Potter was to chose right over easy and quick. Is that what Boeing…
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Forum: Question for Trump supporters; where lie your loyalties?
Those who would vote for a would-be dictator need to consider their bond to their nation’s ideals.
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Sports Dad: Young athlete’s progress measured in seconds shaved
It can take a long time, many meets and discipline for a swimmer to trim seconds off his…
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Forum: In praise of student athletes’ character on, off field
Sure, Snohomish High’s football team are ‘big, stinky kids,’ but they have kind, accepting hearts.
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Forum: Waking yard from winter slumber a wheelbarrow at a time
After days of work, it’s a delight to revel in your spring sprucing. Until a certain visitor happens…
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Forum: Critic worried about bike trails in an suburban forest?
Rather than criticize Japanese Gulch’s mountain bikers, view them as a promoters of forest enjoyment.
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Forum: We don’t have to be satisfied with society’s binary divisions
Your choices aren’t limited to oppressed and oppressor. Here’s how to find a fulfilling third way.
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Forum: Better planning by PUD could have avoided rate increase
The utility’s 5.8 percent increase appears to use PSE’s 17 percent increase as cover for its rate hike.
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Forum: Website invites ‘crowd’ to add to New Deal’s living history
The website is cataloging the art, architecture and parks built across the country during the New Deal era.
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Forum: Trooper’s death stresses need to repeal cannabis law
The trooper’s death, caused by an impaired driver, should prompt lawmakers to reconsider its legalization.
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Sports Dad: What a parent sits with when a kid is on the field
Other fans can enjoy the game, but athletes’ parents are playing out countless scenarios in their heads.