Research into all cancers needed
The controversy between the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Planned Parenthood is too bad.
View ArticleParents need to fight child obesity
In the 1970s, 5 percent of children were obese, but 10 years later, in 2000, child obesity had gone up 15 percent! So I think parents should help...
View ArticleLet voters drive decision
It is widely accepted by state lawmakers that Washington's transportation system is in serious financial trouble. Yet a majority of them apparently...
View ArticleObama's budget fumble
WASHINGTON -- Gene Sperling's sports metaphors collided so often during the White House budget rollout that it's a wonder the man didn't pull a...
View ArticleObama imposes will in contraception compromise
From San Francisco, where I live, the controversy over the White House decision to require church-affiliated employers to provide contraception in...
View ArticleThe one and only Whitney
WASHINGTON -- The heartbreak of Whitney Houston's death does not seem to be primarily a story of drug or alcohol abuse, as it is currently...
View ArticleA religious war out of thin air
WASHINGTON -- At ease, Christian soldiers. There is no "war on religion," no assault on the Catholic Church. A faith that has endured for thousands...
View ArticleProud to be a Washingtonian
I am proud to be a Washingtonian today, the day that Gov. Gregoire passed into law the ability of people in love to be married in our state...
View ArticleBehavior is not a national trait
I seldom read a full column by Froma Harrop because she is so fully predictable. She classifies everyone by their perceived attachment to a...
View ArticleExpanding Basic Health: the humane thing to do
There's no other way to say it: Health coverage for new employees is dismal in Washington.
View ArticleDivorce rate belies traditional union
Marriage, some argue, is defined as the union of one man and one woman, or, if you are Newt Gingrich, then one wife or two wives or three and perhaps...
View ArticleDivorce between one man, woman
I had to point out that the anti-gay marriage people believe that marriage is between one man and one woman. That is fine, but that...
View ArticleVote can't change its true definition
Back in 1897 in Indiana, House Bill 246 was passed legislating the value of Pi to be exactly three. But Pi is an irrational number -- in fact, a...
View ArticleIt's already under 'threat'
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, visiting the state the day Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the same-sex marriage bill into law, met with...
View ArticleDo Republicans care about Latino voters?
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to Latino voters, Republicans must have un impulso suicida.
View Article'Cosmic wager' on the Muslim Brotherhood
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood began three years ago in his famous June 2009 speech in Cairo. Ten members of the...
View ArticleMany protest a bit too much
I have to agree with the author of the letter "Go ahead, obey all traffic...
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