Holding back the tide
WASHINGTON -- The National Mall has monuments to heroism, freedom and sacrifice. Pretty soon it will also have a monument to failure.
View ArticleHigh heels stepping on workers' rights
One of the strangest artifacts of American culture is the spiked heel as a symbol of female power. Many waitresses at America's casinos...
View ArticleHave men, women serve separately
As a Vietnam veteran, I have seen the repeated disdain for the military by those self-serving and incompetent politicians and am fed up.
View ArticleCan't find out what options are
Here we are, just a few months away from the "grand unveiling" of Obamacare, and do you think my husband and I can find out what we are...
View ArticleGet on with the budget
Another week, another special legislative session. As Dorothy Parker wrote, "What fresh hell is this?"Gov. Jay Inslee called...
View ArticleYoung IT guys who knew too much
Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald wrote that Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former intelligence analyst who leaked information on huge...
View ArticleThe manly GOP
WASHINGTON -- Ladies and gentlemen, Republicans are again voting on new abortion restrictions. Cue their theme song: "Men...
View ArticleSnowden's misplaced idealism
WASHINGTON -- Journalists have a professional commitment to the idea that more debate is better, so we instinctively side with leakers.
View ArticleKhane unlucky in Coca-Cola 600
Regarding the May 26 article, "Harvick pulls away to win...
View ArticleJudging the poor is not a solution
The recent letters regarding feeding children and educating them begin an important dialogue. Poverty resonates throughout our society...
View ArticleOwn up to your dangerous ways
About 12 years ago I was driving northbound from the Everett Mall on I-5 while talking on my cellphone. After turning off on to the...
View ArticleLast, short day especially silly
What is the reasoning behind having high school kids on June 7, come to the building between 7:30 and 10:30, attend six classes and...
View ArticleMiss my daily business quote
Here is my two cents' worth: Please, may I have my Two Cents' Worth back in the business pages? (The item at the top right hand corner of...
View ArticleWar supporters ruined symbolism
Right here about midway between Memorial Day and Independence Day might be a good time to answer the letter someone sent asking what...
View ArticleState's doctor trumps all others
Regarding the letter about Labor & Industries, "Impossible to get some timely help": It reminded me of my own experience with L&I...
View ArticleA symbol of ourselves
Today isn't Independence Day. It is not Veterans Day or Memorial Day.On those holidays, we fly the flag to celebrate freedom,...
View ArticleMore spying at odds with fewer threats
WASHINGTON -- Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e.,...
View ArticleAcademic paper predicted scandal
WASHINGTON -- If you've been following the fallout from last week's NSA surveillance revelations, you may have seen repeated reference to...
View ArticleGratitude for help in time of dire need
If we would all follow the lesson learned from the movie, "Pay it Forward," our world would totally be a better place. Les Schwab of...
View ArticleCommunity helps graduates continue
June 6 was the grand celebration at AIM High School in the Snohomish School District to honor 20 amazing young people, many of whom were...
View Article
