Opinion

Comment: Funding delays jeopardize research of healthy aging

A freeze of NIH funding threatens research into aging and Alzheimer’s at the UW School of Medicine.

 

Comment: Higher tax on tobacco pouches could backfire

A proposed 95 percent tax on smokeless tobacco could lead some back to more dangerous cigarettes.

 

Comment: Meaningful law on rent requires bill’s earlier version

As lawmakers seek a deal, rent stabilization should keep a 7 percent cap and apply to single homes.

 

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, April 26

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County Council members Jared Mead, left, and Nate Nehring speak to students on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, during Civic Education Day at the Snohomish County Campus in Everett, Washington. (Will Geschke / The Herald)

Editorial: Students get a life lesson in building bridges

Two county officials’ civics campaign is showing the possibilities of discourse and government.

County Council members Jared Mead, left, and Nate Nehring speak to students on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, during Civic Education Day at the Snohomish County Campus in Everett, Washington. (Will Geschke / The Herald)

Forum: Trump cuts to museum funding hit Imagine Children’s

The defunding of a museum and library program means the loss of a science lab for preschoolers.

Forum: We strive for Belonging, then keep it to ourselves

From childhood we treat Belonging as something to be jealously guarded. What if others belong, too?

Roberts: Gutting of scientific research will leave us blind

The Trump administration’s deep cuts to science and research will harm our economy and environment.

The Buzz: This week, the makeup tips of political powerbrokers

Who would have guessed that Kitara Revanche and Pete Hegseth used the same brand of concealer?

Comment: Ukraine holds no cards because Trump dealt them away

The U.S., more interested in a reset with Russia, is calling Ukraine to take a deal designed to fail.

Courts must push for Abrego Garcia’s return to U.S.

The role of government is not to cancel or break things but to make life better for its people. Leadership means doing the hard work… Continue reading

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, April 25

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LifeWise program is taking time from student’s studies

As a former educator fpr the Everett Public Schools, I was alarmed to read that the Christian LifeWise program, is being held off-campus for kids… Continue reading

Schwab: Who saw this coming? said no one but Senate Republicans

Take your pick of agency heads; for those who advise and consent, there was no sign of trouble ahead.

Comment: What SAVE Act promotes is red tape, not elections

Its proof-of-citizenship requirement would prove onerous for many Americans.

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, April 24

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FILE - This Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, shows a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif. Washington state lawmakers voted Tuesday, April 23, 2019 to remove parents' ability to claim a personal or philosophical exemption from vaccinating their children for measles, although medical and religious exemptions will remain. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Editorial: Commonsense best shot at avoiding measles epidemic

Without vaccination, misinformation, hesitancy and disease could combine for a deadly epidemic.

FILE - This Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, shows a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif. Washington state lawmakers voted Tuesday, April 23, 2019 to remove parents' ability to claim a personal or philosophical exemption from vaccinating their children for measles, although medical and religious exemptions will remain. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Edmonds PFAS treatment plans raises safety concerns

The Sunday Herald article about new technology at the Edmonds Waste Water Treatment Plant left me disappointed and infuriated (“Edmonds launches technology to destroy PFAS,”… Continue reading

Religion, schools should be kept separate

Thank you for your coverage of LifeWise Academy at Emerson Elementary (“Everett off-campus Bible program draws mixed reaction form parents,” The Herald, April 19). According… Continue reading

Stephens: The daily unraveling of President Face-Plant

Recent events show the stark absence of the adults in the room who saved Trump in his first term.