Opinion

Comment: Expand high school students access to trades education

Partnerships with unions can build training that provides well=paid jobs without college debt.

Comment: Time to reconside our attitudes about drinking

A recent surgeon general warning about cancer calls for better guidelines on how to gauge our consumption.

Comment: Wisconsin shooting offers look at red-flag laws

The school shooting led officials to a similar plot in California, which was foiled by its red-flag law.

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, Jan. 17

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

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Schwab: Conspiratorial thoughts, conditional prayers for L.A.

Trump and the GOP take full advantage of a tragedy to shift blame and wring out concessions.

Comment: Hegseth can’t meet meritocracy he says he seeks

For all his railing about DEI, the Defense nominee seeks his inclusion despite his past faults.

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, Jan. 16

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

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Veterinarian Bethany Groves, center, performs surgery on a Laysan albatross on Feb. 15, 2023 at the Progressive Animal Welfare Society’s (PAWS) wildlife center in Lynnwood, Washington. (Photo courtesy Anthony Denice)

Editorial: Vet shortage requires more access at WSU school

Adding 20 in-state tuition slots can bolster veterinarian ranks and serve animals and people.

Veterinarian Bethany Groves, center, performs surgery on a Laysan albatross on Feb. 15, 2023 at the Progressive Animal Welfare Society’s (PAWS) wildlife center in Lynnwood, Washington. (Photo courtesy Anthony Denice)

Goldberg: Democrats will regret backing Laken Riley Act

Support provides cover to some worried about border backlash, but its consequences will persist.

If putting conditions on disaster fair, apply to all

In their latest attempt to rip our country apart from within, the MAGA crowd wants to punish the victims of the Los Angeles wildfire by… Continue reading

Is Washington interested in joining Canada as new province?

Politics is a lively topic in any country, especially so in western democracies. Typically allies and friends refrain from commenting on each other for fear… Continue reading

To save orcas, focus on efforts in Puget Sound, not Snake River

I don’t believe tearing down the four lower dams on the Snake River will help our local orca population. What scientific proof do we have… Continue reading

Comment: Trump escaped penalty, but ‘felon’ tag sticks; for now

Even though a 5-4 majority allowed his sentencing to go forward, it could yet rule on appeal.

Firefighters are silhouetted against an engulfed home while keeping the flames from jumping to an adjacent home on Glenrose Avenue during the Eaton fire on Jan. 8, in Altadena, Calif. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Comment: What Shakespeare’s plays reveal by wildfires’ light

‘All the world’s a stage,’ with our possessions and homes subject to the same theatrical impermanence.

Firefighters are silhouetted against an engulfed home while keeping the flames from jumping to an adjacent home on Glenrose Avenue during the Eaton fire on Jan. 8, in Altadena, Calif. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Comment: With GOP senators cowed, Trump will get his Cabinet

Few Republicans, after drawing the line at Gaetz, seem willing to confront any of Trump’s nominees.

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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, Jan. 15

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

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Goldberg: Hegseth did not impress; that’s fine with GOP

The nominee for Defense fails on character and the job’s basics. Yet, his confirmation seems assured.

Welch: Spreading ‘tax policy love around’ would come at a cost

A state tax on wealth might sound fair, but it could chase some from the state and lose crucial revenue.

Comment: Congress cleared way for Trump’s tariffs; in 1977

The final hurdle for Trump’s tariff whims hangs on how the Supreme Court rules on two cases.

Comment: Quick action on Trump’s ‘one big’ bill faces headwinds

Even if split in two, enough opposition divides even Republicans on tax cuts, the debt ceiling and more.