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Editorial SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND THE NAVY A relationship to build on It wasn't a surprise, but news last week that the USS Abraham Lincoln, the symbolic centerpiece of Naval Station Everett, will be leaving in 2013 still came as a jolt. [More] July 5
Guest Commentary Don't pave over forests for new cities that don't work The housing bubble has burst. It will take years to work through our existing inventory of houses, yet some want to build whole new cities on forest land. It just does not make sense. [More] By Kristin Kelly
and Cindy Howard | July 5 Let democracy
grow on its own in Iran Last year, while in Iran producing a documentary for public television, I observed freedom-loving people patiently making do under a repressive regime. It was clear to me that the people of Iran could ultimately win their freedom, but only if the... [More] June 30
Opinion Columnists The days of just 'fixing it' finally come to an end It's gone. "It" being the 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier that my daughter has driven from the time she was a junior in high school until last week. That was when she announced that her car was "making noises" and asked me to look at it. [More] By Larry Simoneaux | July 6
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