Opinion

Comment: Drug companies need to speak up about RFK Jr.’s FDA

With recent moves, companies are waking up to the fact that things are bad and could get worse.

 

Comment: Voters trumped cash in Wisconsin; keep it that way

Elon Musk’s $20 million to back a candidate failed. Strengthen laws to prevent campaigning by bribery.

 

Donate to food banks and lobby Congress to protect SNAP

With increasing numbers of hungry people, food banks are struggling to meet…

 

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, April 3

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King County Executive Dow Constantine and Senator Maria Cantwell walk through the Lynnwood Center Station to board the 12:30 pm train during the Lynnwood 1 Line extension opening celebrations on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Editorial: Transit board, new CEO have much to deliver

Sound Transit’s board hired one of its own as chief. The stakes for success are high for all involved.

King County Executive Dow Constantine and Senator Maria Cantwell walk through the Lynnwood Center Station to board the 12:30 pm train during the Lynnwood 1 Line extension opening celebrations on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Elon Musk’s DOGE work, contracts in conflict

In February Elon Musk’s company, Space-X, was awarded a contract with a potntial value of about $500 billion; by NASA, the very agency he is… Continue reading

Journalism support bill: Make tech companies pay share

My wife worked for The Herald for over 20 years. At that time, I was a struggling small business owner. I wanted to share my… Continue reading

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, March 29

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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, April 2

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Comment: Can we blame Mercator for Trump’s Greenland obsession?

To simplify his map, the cartographer drew Greenland as immense, when it’s smaller than Algeria.

Hegseth, Waltz should resign posts over Signalgate

I agree with New York Times columnist David French, military veteran Congress members Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Rep. Ted Lieu that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth… Continue reading

Protect funding for vital service of public libraries

I am a patron of the Sno-Isle Library system. I have been using my library for audiobooks and written materials. This has been a great… Continue reading

SAVE Act would hamper voting for many Americans

Our democracy works best when every eligible voter, regardless of background, can make their voice heard. But the extreme SAVE Act in Congress threatens that… Continue reading

Welch: Latest state tax proposals threaten jobs and economy

Using fear of budget cuts, state lawmakers are taking the easy route with damaging tax increases.

Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil: Protect freedom of speech for all

It’s been weeks since Mahmoud Khalil was abducted from his home in New York and taken to an ICE detention facility in Louisiana. Khalil is… Continue reading

Comment: An ‘impossible trinity’ of goals for Trump’s tariffs

Trump wants revenue, manufacturing and foreign policy wins; he can’t get all three, if any.

Douthat: Trump’s Signalgate denials not impressing non-MAGA

Even 60 percent of Republicans polled said the scandal was a serious one.

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Property owners abuse Perrinville Creek watershed

This case history of property owners ignoring the law for instant self-gratification is but another symptom of having joined the Great Oaf Party of the… Continue reading

Trump’s, Musk’s cuts to education are most damaging

In my long life of service to my community, I have never seen the outrageous, lawless, and anti-constitutional actions of Donald Trump and his handlers,… Continue reading