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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.
Politics

Don Young of Alaska, the Nation’s Longest-Serving GOP Congressman, is Dead at 88

Of one highways bill, Young boasted: “I stuffed it like a turkey.” Colleagues nicknamed him “the alpha wolf” – a wolf skin decorated the wall of his office – a nickname Young embraced.  “I AM the alpha wolf,” he once told me in an interview.
Health

Canada Drops Its Vexing, Burdensome Border-Crossing Requirements

Vaccination rates in Canada have been higher than in America. But Canada still imposed vexing requirements for those crossing its borders. No more -- unless you are unvaccinated.
Politics

A New Book Revisits Watergate and Asks the Big Question: Why Did They Do It?

In Graff’s view, all investigative books, as well as apologias penned by Nixon's inner circle, have left unanswered one fundamental question. “Why did you fellows break into the Watergate?”
Books

Total Compromise: How William Barr Sold his Soul

Memoirs by America’s political nabobs are designed to embellish or restore the author’s reputation. Clearly Barr has work to do on both fronts.
blog

Victory for Washington’s Campaign Finance Laws: Court Rules Against Grocery Lobbyists

The state sued Grocery Manufacturers, spurning a cost-of-doing-business settlement, and won a $6 million judgment. 
Environment

Biden’s Energy Policy Dance: Swarmed from All Sides

Joe Biden did not stand out as a greenie during 36 years in the Senate, but he made expansive promises on the campaign trail, pledging to end new oil, gas, and coal leasing on federal lands. 
blog

Political Fallout from the Canadian Trucker Blockades

The “Freedom Convoy” protests began as an action by some truckers – angered that proof of vaccination is required to enter Canada – but was embraced by a variety of anti-vaxxers and right-wing groups.
blog

Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace in Ukraine: Wednesday Evening at St. James Cathedral

Seattle, though relatively unchurched, has a rich tradition of such interfaith services and marches in times of war and pain.
Politics

Attack: Trump Tries to Change Rules on Liz Cheney Primary

The battle in Wyoming puts a spotlight on survival struggles of Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. 
Elsewhere

BC Premier: Let’s “Get Back to Things We Love” as Province Relaxes COVID Rules

B.C. Premier John Horgan observed: “I absolutely understand the right of people to dissent to public policy. I come from a party of dissent.  I don’t recall at any time participating in anything that involved threats and intimidation to other citizens.”
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