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.

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 on local issues.

Comment: I quit drinking but still confront drinking culture

As much as we look down on those for who alcohol is an addiction, we still judge those who quit.

Comment: Meta’s rule changes put America first on global soapbox

Aiming to please the incoming U.S. president, the changes may not sit well with other countries.

Comment: Whooping cough vaccine needs more promotion

At the same time pertussis cases are increasing, vaccinations have declined. Those are bad trends.

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, Jan. 10

A sketchy look at the news of the day.… Continue reading

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Saunders: Gulf of America? Trump trolls but often for a reason

His threats to leave NATO to fend for itself helped prompt its countries to boost their defense spending.

The cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize-winning Ann Telnaes, then spiked by Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post. So she resigned. The worst is yet to come.

Schwab: Enthralled by a past history that didn’t exist

With Democrats now identified as the ‘enemy’ of the American Dream even the oligarchs are choosing sides.

The cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize-winning Ann Telnaes, then spiked by Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post. So she resigned. The worst is yet to come.

Comment: A torch passed even as a flame is extinguished

The importance of ritual, following the death of a president, serves the nation and honors the man.

Comment: Deportation is one thing; preventing return another

For many who could be deported, the dangers of ‘home’ countries and lure of the U.S. are worth the risk.

Comment: What Democrats should take from rise of podcasts

In reaching out to nontraditional voters, the party has to resist narrowing its message to fit its mores.

Comment: What Musk, X’s critics misunderstand about free speech

Musk isn’t bound by the same rules that apply to the government. But he should be held to his own rules.

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, Jan. 9

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Kristof: Biden’s call of genocide in Sudan pulls its punch

It identifies the atrocities and the actors, but avoids naming the UAE as the chief enabler.

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Editorial: News media must brave chill that some threaten

And readers should stand against moves by media owners and editors to placate President-elect Trump.

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Can’t save climate by killing oceans

As I read The Washington Post article in a recent Herald about adding an antacid to the oceans as a means to reduce carbon in… Continue reading

Comment: As AI changes nature of work, adjust pay for labor

Low-skilled jobs will become more common and will need more middle-class standards of compensation.

Comment: What U.S. needs is a Department of Effectiveness

Musk can achieve the efficiency he promises not by breaking government but by working with it.

Cutline error marred Herald photo feature

I look forward to year-end retrospectives like “Photos of the Year 2024,” as The Herald published on Dec. 28, but was insulted when the caption… Continue reading

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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, Jan. 8

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