COVID is Profoundly Changing Health Care
Whether treating patients on the front lines or facing a dramatic reduction in patient volume, medical practices are struggling to survive.
A New Book Recalls How Rep. Julia Butler Hanson Powered Her Way Through Congress
Federal dollars for colleagues’ projects would vanish if they forgot Julia Butler Hansen’s birthday. She was around for a very long time. That was an era when the yardstick was whether the girls were as tough as the boys.
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TrumpWatch: Connecting Debt with Disease
Perhaps Trump’s relentless drive to “get this pandemic over with” is primarily driven by his business circumstances.
Remembering Janice Niemi and All She Did For Women
Judge Niemi knew women needed encouraging because she herself had faced much prejudice when she graduated -- among the first women to do so -- with a J.D. degree from the University of Washington law school. In those days, there were few options open to her.
Tracking the Pro-COVID Vote
The Covid numbers are quite stable, with a slight majority not ready to die. Texas is way more ready for death than Washington state, the land of wusses.
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A Dog’s Take on The Lewis & Clark and on that Black Dog Depression
The book is narrated by Meriwether Lewis’ dog, Seaman, a Newfoundland. As such it is a great introduction to this important chapter in American history. And there really was a “Seaman.”
The Job Machine Sputters
Nationally, economists have been predicting that the recovery from the pandemic recession would hit a wall, and we have hit that wall in Washington.
Holl on Holl in Bellevue
Holl’s building remains the most important work of art in the collection of Bellevue Art Museum
A BC Snap Election Gives Government a Reinforced Majority
The pandemic has been well managed, textbook-style. Even so, the pandemic has hit hard, notably cratering the province’s tourism industry from cruise ships to wine tourism in the south Okanagan.
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