Maybe we could tax all the talk
With apologies to humorist Will Rogers, government waste and fraud are like the weather -- everyone talks about it but no one does anything about...
View ArticleCultivating love, retiring the rototiller
I missed a column last week.Which led to a number of calls, emails, and inquiries as to what was up.To answer, I...
View ArticleGardner's public, and private, empathy
I first met Booth Gardner in the spring of 1984, a few months after I had been named publisher of The Everett Herald. He had called to ask to meet...
View ArticleWas budget panel set up to fail?
President Obama initiated a special committee to construct a budget. If that committee did not do its job there would be large funding cuts called...
View ArticleA compromise would be perfect
And now here we are again with the sequestration or budget cuts of the federal government. No matter how much this will hurt the recovery the Repubs...
View ArticleProfessionals practice carefully
I was looking at some psychology books and I found it interesting that the information in the books was obviously meant to have an optimistic,...
View ArticleLegacy of a long, sad war
The Iraq war testifies to the valor and sacrifice of the American soldier, just as it holds a mirror to the moral bankruptcy of the...
View ArticleWhen smoke gets in your rights
California Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, has introduced a bill to make it illegal for people to smoke in their own homes -- if they live in...
View ArticleGroup therapy for conservatives
WASHINGTON -- If this week's Conservative Political Action Conference were a papal conclave, black smoke would be billowing from the chimney at the...
View ArticleSome signs of life in the GOP?
WASHINGTON -- At first glance, last week's Conservative Political Action Conference looked like a hot mess. On closer inspection, it looked even...
View ArticleDon't fret yet about young 'living well'
Many speak of Gen X and Gen Y as "lost generations" destined to "not live as well" as their parents. A new Urban Institute study finds that young...
View ArticleBig tent, with an asterisk
WASHINGTON -- The Republican National Committee released a report Monday charting the party's road to revival -- only for RNC Chairman...
View ArticleSan Francisco's new muzzle zone
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos is about to introduce a law to end the city's 8-foot "bubble zone" around reproductive health...
View ArticleThe rape of decency
NEW YORK -- The recent rape conviction of two teenagers, one of whom also distributed a photo and sent cruel text messages about their...
View ArticleProp 1 will help foster community
I love Mountlake Terrace. My great-grandmother lived here and I have fond memories of spending time visiting her growing up. When it came...
View ArticleTaking country backward is goal
With the usual crazies stepping up to the rostrum at Conservative Political Action Conference, i.e. Michelle Bachman, Sarah Palin, Rand...
View ArticleRight to counsel took amendments
On Monday we saw in "The Buzz:" " ... [T]he Supreme Court ruled ... that state courts were required to provide legal counsel to criminal...
View ArticleHow can amnesty help U.S. workers?
Regarding the Monday Associated Press article, "GOP roadmap...
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