WASHINGTON — No force on Earth can stop Sarah Palin from becoming our very own “lite” version of Eva Peron — a glamorous and tragic… Continue reading
Jack Fagan, Mike Fagan, and I co-sponsored Initiative 1033 and worked hard for the past year advocating for it because we firmly believe in its… Continue reading
Herald staff Though they spend lots of time touring, the Grammy Award-winning musical duo of Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel make a point of bringing… Continue reading
Folklore, stories and songs often use the moon as a metaphor, a lesson or just a description: a pale moon rises, as dark as the… Continue reading
Jack Fagan, Mike Fagan, and I co-sponsored Initiative 1033 and worked hard for the past year advocating for it because we firmly believe in its… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The most dreadful burden of the presidency — the power to send men and women to die for their country — seems to… Continue reading
NEW YORK — The 20th century was 100 years of amplitude. It overflowed with barbarous fighting faiths, wars enveloping continents, and graphic journalism assaulting global… Continue reading
BOSTON — It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death. Just days after the country had buried… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of the Fort Hood shootings, some commentaries have examined the damage to the U.S. Army from the wars in Iraq… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — One of the many television commercials exhorting viewers to buy gold says solemnly that it is an asset whose value “has never dropped… Continue reading
WHIPPLE, Marshall, 100, Lynnwood, Oct. 18. KENDRICK, Robert, 59, Bothell, Oct. 19. SHARP, Ethel, 98, Bothell, Oct. 19. LOFSTROM, Janis, 76, Lynnwood, Oct. 19. ROBINSON,… Continue reading
Providence Medical Center, Everett MUNAVU, Lily and Fidelis, Lynnwood, girl, Oct. 20. Valley General Hospital, Monroe FARMER, Shannon and James, Lynnwood, boy, Oct. 9. Stevens… Continue reading
If you grew up in western Washington in the 1970s, this snippet of poetry might seem familiar to you: “There’s a Wheedle on the Needle,… Continue reading
It is the duty of every pundit to be all-knowing on what the recent elections mean for the future of American politics. They may have… Continue reading
Regardless of whether you decide to take an active role in government, there will always be lawmakers in Olympia making decisions that affect your everyday… Continue reading
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee health care bill includes a provision that would allow parents to keep their children as dependents on… Continue reading
Trade and globalization — when not referencing blockbuster sports transactions or raucous street protests, debates over these abstract terms can give Ambien and Jack Daniels… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — A couple weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Iranians have a word they use to describe a political impasse. They speak of it as a bombast, which means a dead-end… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk. That is a tautology because those who… Continue reading
