WASHINGTON — After the plain pine box is lowered into the grave, the mourners are asked to come forward — immediate family first — and… Continue reading
Every time the economy swoons and the racks groan with the weight of unsold women’s clothing, purveyors of fashion talk up “investment dressing.” Investment dressing… Continue reading
LONDON — When it comes to Afghanistan, the British have a special perspective: Every mistake the United States has made recently, they made 150 years… Continue reading
Nobody wanted this. Monday the state Department of Labor and Industries announced a proposed 7.6 percent average increase in workers’ compensation premiums for 2010. It’s… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — While in Pittsburgh, a sense of seemliness should prevent President Obama from again exhorting the G-20, as he did April 2 in London,… Continue reading
The debate over what kind of health care system we should have often includes the kinds others have. The programs in Canada and France have… Continue reading
As Apple, maker of the iPhone, loves to say, “There’s an app for that.” And, indeed, there is usually an application out there to help… Continue reading
A Chef’s Kitchen: 16905 Talbot Road, Edmonds; 206-406-1517; www.a-chefs-kitchen.com or e-mail achefskitchen@comcast.net. Registration required. n Spanish tapas and wine with Leonard Ruiz Rede, Sept. 17,… Continue reading
Always so cool, so consistent, so in control of his emotions and his matches, Roger Federer amazingly let the U.S. Open championship… Continue reading
Federal officials said Monday that small business owners should be prepared to operate with fewer employees this fall as swine flu spreads across the country.… Continue reading
Bellingham retailer Reset Games will open a store in Quil Ceda Village Oct. 1. The shop will be owned by Dennis Hill, Hathy Varner and… Continue reading
Pink Parrot Maps, a family-owned publishing company in Vancouver, B.C., has produced an unusual map of its hometown just in time for folks heading to… Continue reading
BOSTON — There was a New Yorker cartoon last spring picturing a nearly empty galley ship with only two slaves still pulling their oars under… Continue reading
After a summer of politics marked by esoteric phrases like “co-ops” and “insurance exchanges,” the newest kernel of ubiquitous arcana is the term “trigger mechanism.”… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Last March, during the Supreme Court argument concerning the Federal Election Commission’s banning of a political movie, several justices were aghast. Suddenly and… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — How can America help a fragile Iraq as U.S. troops and influence there decline? The Obama administration should revisit one of the good… Continue reading
In their tireless efforts to kill health care reform, right-wingers have fanned fears that it would attract illegal aliens. This sideshow is rather twisted because,… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — A great speech is a combination of words and music, of content and color, of substance and emotion. When the speech is as… Continue reading
W ASHINGTON — So Van Jones, the defenestrated White House green-jobs czar, once called Republicans “a—holes.” Big deal. I’ve said worse about Democrats. I’ve said… Continue reading
By Angela Day The issue of whether and how to allow construction of new cities in rural areas, known as “fully contained communities,” is contentious… Continue reading
