Let's be up front about real agenda
I want the gun rights opponents to unmask themselves and quit hiding behind their claim that they recognize the rights of gunowners under the Second...
View ArticleWho does gun control protect?
If someone could "reasonably" explain to me how gun control legislation can help protect my wife, her students, and all other teachers and students...
View ArticleHigher ed's critical mission
Higher-ed politics, like a livestock auction, centers on shouted bids and broad-shoulder maneuvering. Two generations ago, it was more a silent...
View ArticleCan Pilchuck Audubon truly move on?
I hoped to read something in Kathy Johnson's Jan. 6 guest commentary, "Downsizing Forest Service roads," that would help me understand Pilchuck...
View ArticleDo programs help or hurt the abused?
The 112th Congress adjourned last week without reauthorizing the Violence against Women Act.
View ArticleGiving community helps our families
We are blessed to live in such a caring and giving community ... thank you, Monroe!
View ArticleMake a point to see 'The Dinner Party'
Last weekend brought the opening of "The Dinner Party" at the Historic Everett Theatre. This Neil Simon...
View ArticleThanks to community for caring for kids
In the short time I have lived in Arlington I have always been impressed at what a sense of community there is, helping one's neighbor. This...
View ArticleHot enough for you?
WASHINGTON -- All right, now can we talk about climate change? After a year when the lower 48 states suffered the warmest temperatures, and...
View ArticleThe scandal of loyalty
WASHINGTON -- President Obama hasn't even begun his second term, yet already he has been ensnared by scandal.
View ArticleA grim outlook in Syria
WASHINGTON -- Growing chaos in the liberated areas of northern Syria is convincing some members of the Syrian opposition that the country will become...
View ArticleRain, with a chance of climate denial
There's a big reason climate change differs from so many public policy challenges: unlike other crises, addressing the planet's major environmental...
View ArticleGuns without roses
WASHINGTON -- Unlike many who recently have joined the debate about gun rights, I have a long history with guns, which I proffer only in the interest...
View ArticleSan Francisco's dangerous policy on unlicensed drivers
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained Roberto Galo on Wednesday morning. Galo is a legal immigrant but an unlicensed driver...
View ArticleWe must confront psychological toll of war
In 2012, we've just learned, more U.S. soldiers died from suicide than from combat. Think about that. More deaths from suicide than from battle. Then...
View ArticleMLT looking for first-time help
On Monday, state legislators will travel to Olympia to commence the 2013 legislative session. The city of Mountlake Terrace is proud to have the...
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