Joel Connelly

I worked for Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1973 until it ceased print publication in 2009, and SeattlePI.com from 2009 to 6/30/2020. During that time, I wrote about 9 presidential races, 11 Canadian and British Columbia elections‎, four doomed WPPSS nuclear plants, six Washington wilderness battles, creation of two national Monuments (Hanford Reach and San Juan Islands), a 104 million acre Alaska Lands Act, plus the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
Environment

David Suzuki: Still Fighting for the Planet at 90

The renowned geneticist, who studied the fruit fly, has grown increasingly pessimistic about the fate of the earth. He speaks to the climate extremes afflicting his country, and ours, and we need to hear him out.
Politics

How Washington went Deep Blue

The Grand Old Party, in Washington, is far from grand these days.
blog

Seattle’s Father Ryan Reports on his Meeting with Pope Leo XIV

During a lengthy tenure, unusual in the Seattle archdiocese, Fr. Ryan refurbished St. James, banished guitars at Mass, brought in a women’s’ choir, and GLBTQ activists took the pulpit at the Catholic cathedral to read scripture.
Politics

The Rise and Fall of Joe Kent

Such views helped to qualify Kent for a top counterterrorism posting in the topsy turbulent territory of Trumpland. But this week he walked away, reasoning that we are buying oil from people we are bombing.
Politics

Dynamic Duo: Washington’s Two Senators

Murray is 75, and Cantwell is 67. Looking to 2028, when Murray is up, the partnership may well come to an end.
Politics

Sock It to ’em, Hillary

Hilary Clinton would have made a better president than her spouse. She had the opportunity to shatter the glass ceiling.
Politics

Opportunity for Democrats in Alaska and Montana?

Pundits’ bleary eyes may focus on the Pacific Northwest and Alaska this November in the national slugfest for control of Congress. If Democrats win, they could wrestle the nation’s agenda from...
Politics

The Fix was In: Montana Senator Withdraws and Engineers his Replacement

Retiring Steve Daines is the sixth Republican senator to hang it up in the 2026 cycle, giving Democrats the opportunity to flip seats.
International

Mark Carney’s Canada: Open for Business and Fast Moving on from Trump

Among assets Carney offers trading partners is the port of Prince Rupert, in northern B.C., which is the closest destination for trans-Pacific trade, with a railroad infrastructure that sends cargoes to the heartland of America.
People

Remembering Jesse Jackson

He was tall and regal, commanding the stage at two Democratic conventions. He could dominate a stage and did just that at a Democratic Leadership Conference meeting in New Orleans.
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