Opinion

CITYPARK, which will be renamed Energizer Park in 2025, is the home of St. Louis' Major League Soccer club CITY SC. The stadium seats 22,423 and sold out 34 home games in a row last season. (CITY SC)

Comment: How to build a stadium and keep taxpayers happy

St. Louis’ MLS stadium, CITYPARK, offers four lessons for communities considering sports arenas.

CITYPARK, which will be renamed Energizer Park in 2025, is the home of St. Louis' Major League Soccer club CITY SC. The stadium seats 22,423 and sold out 34 home games in a row last season. (CITY SC)
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Editorial cartoons for Sunday, Dec. 15

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

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Comment: Community health groups key to health equity in state

Recent grants of $250,000 from Community Health Centers are funding vital work in uncertain times.

Comment: Our public health system needs preventive medicine

Politics and short-sighted budget cuts threaten the nation’s public health system. It needs your voice.

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, Dec. 14

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

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FILE — Jet fuselages at Boeing’s fabrication site in Everett, Wash., Sept. 28, 2022. Some recently manufactured Boeing and Airbus jets have components made from titanium that was sold using fake documentation verifying the material’s authenticity, according to a supplier for the plane makers. (Jovelle Tamayo/The New York Times)

Editorial: A trade-dependent state braces for Trump’s tariffs

The leader of a state trade council is wary of the president-elect’s talk of tariffs and trade wars.

FILE — Jet fuselages at Boeing’s fabrication site in Everett, Wash., Sept. 28, 2022. Some recently manufactured Boeing and Airbus jets have components made from titanium that was sold using fake documentation verifying the material’s authenticity, according to a supplier for the plane makers. (Jovelle Tamayo/The New York Times)

Forum: Changing Marysville school’s makeup would hurt students

Dropping sixth-grade students from 10th Street Middle School risks its success in academics and culture.

Forum: Club sports prompts dads’ debate on what’s healthy for kids

Parents are considering the trade-offs of club sports, who can play and how serious to take it all.

Beyond immense wealth, the only qualification for these posts appears to be a lack of qualifications.

By Sid Schwab / Herald Columnist We’re past the point where dactylonomy can account for the billionaires Donald Trump has selected for positions of authority… Continue reading

Biden pardon sets a bad example for solemn power

Having family near Everett, I read Herald Columnist Sid Schwab’s column pertaining to President Biden’s pardon of his wayward son and how it frays our… Continue reading

Comment: Inflation’s track encouraging, but uncertainty looms

As long as leaders don’t throw a wrench in the works, rates should continue their slow decline.

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, Dec. 13

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Pay Herald journalists fairly and without quotas

To The Herald’s publisher: Do yourself, your journalists and the city of Everett a favor: Pay your reporters what they need to live in the… Continue reading

Stephens: Al-Assad’s fall offers new paths in Syria, elsewhere

How the U.S. moves forward now will influence decisions and actions throughout the Middle East.

Comment: Electric push can help Democrats spark climate action

Rather than reject climate efforts as an issue, clean energy should be seen as an enabler of broader policy.

Comment: The lines between protectors, vigilantes and killers

Cynicism, caused by frustration with the failings of the ‘system,’ drives support for vigilantes.

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, Dec. 12

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

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Goldman: What Trump’s crush on Argentina’s ‘madman’ means here

Admiration for Javier Milei is based in a small-government conservatism in feral tech-bro form.

Harrop: Understanding the anger behind insurance CEO’s murder

You don’t have to condone a vigilante to understand why so many people see the assailant as a hero.

Saunders: A good DOGE idea: Tell workers to return to office

With covid a bad memory, why are most federal employees working from home and not at their offices?