Overall, the drop in women congressional contenders this cycle is significantly greater among Republicans. Only 17.6 percent of the Republican House candidates are women.

For most of the 25 years I reviewed wines for Wine Enthusiast, finished alcohol (abv) was not included. Although I talked to any number...

The closed GOP wallets in this race speak volumes about the party’s diminished brand and slim chances in 2024. 

So, let’s face it, Democrats have failed in messaging to rural Americans about the actual benefits Democrats have consistently helped achieve. But that’s just the start of Democratic failures in messaging.

Ferguson's message and anti-Reichert spots have filled the airwaves, while Reichert ads have just begun to appear. The Republican Governors Association has yet to show support for the GOP candidate.

At a Zen Temple we visited there were several wonderful “dry fish pond gardens” with swept sand representing water. One had been created by a Japanese convert to Christianity who hid a cross in the design of the garden.

With the exception of President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris would be the most foreign policy-experienced U.S. president to take office in 35 years if...

The data clearly says – and all parties agree – that SPD’s overall use of force has dramatically decreased over the past twelve years. Nevertheless, the uses of force that remain are still disproportionately inflicted upon persons of color.

Are you feeling a bit “ho hum” about a woman running for President? Like it’s no longer a big deal? After all, Kamala Harris is...

Nancy Evans said she and Dan and some of their other remarkable friends were successful because “so much of what they did was always really for their own family and for the future generations.”

The tale unfolds through a maze of beautifully realized choral settings narrated by Ella Sheppard (an excellent Lisa Arrindell).

A blanket 20 percent tax on imports — raw materials, semi-finished items, finished parts, the lot — would be a shock to Boeing and many other companies. It would strain international relationships, and those other countries might retaliate by raising their tariffs.

Beirut was once the Paris of the Middle East.. Now Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Iran have all dissolved into chaos.

Seattle lucked out; it was not saddled with any of the bizarre schemes nor improbable solutions proposed for the waterfront.

The NDP, like Democrats in the U.S., is now a home to educated urbanites. It is an uneasy coalition of environmentalists, blue-collar unions, emigrees, and Aboriginal First Nations.

Missing from a lot of commentary on Walz’s quirky folksy manner has been any serious in-depth treatment of Minnesota’s distinctive political history and Walz...

The theme of this year’s international art exhibition is Stranieri Ovunque (Foreigners Everywhere) — a fitting and perhaps ironic recognition that Venice is now swamped with tourists.

There’s one sure way to get more enjoyment from wine, find better values from your wine purchases and enjoy more interesting experiences when visiting...

The Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference forecasts regional power needs. Its recently released independent forecast shows a projected 30 percent shortfall in the next ten...

Republican response to Trump’s false charges has followed a familiar pattern, though. Among prominent Republicans, only Mitt Romney has specifically denounced Trump’s spreading disinformation.

After the game, Geno Smith demonstrated a keener eye for the arched brows of reporters than the alignments of 49ers' defensive backs. "How many games...

My perplexed fellow traveler and I tend to look at and listen to Trump, shake our heads and say, “I don’t get it.” And we don’t. We live in blue bubbles. He in L. A., me in Seattle.

The news that got the Board’s attention was a cost increase from the 2023 estimate of $4 billion to somewhere between $5.1 and $5.6 billion. The bad news didn’t end there.

Rural economies and surviving mill towns have struggled economically for decades.  No one has come up with a credible plan to reverse their economic slide.

Notably absent from the list of big checks is anything for Reichert, either from national Republicans or the state GOP, which gave him the paltry sum of about $18,000 last month. The deep pockets on the right apparently view Reichert as a bad bet. 

"Washington's 3rd has replaced Washington's 8th as the state's most competitive district," said Andrew Villeneuve, executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, which commissioned the poll.

Harris’s language appeals to Democrats. They want somebody to fight Trump. Someone who will call out how he is attacking SSI and helping billionaires. But for those not steeped in political party identification, it sounds like vague promises. 

Our lives are soothed by an array of service attendants and a flock of mechanical conveniences.  Foods "appear" at market stalls as if from...

We can only send dollars to the main event. Battleground cities like Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Madison, and Charlotte get the big rallies. Two small east side communities, Medina and Hunts Point do show up on presidential campaign maps as both are home to wealthy bipartisan givers.

The Industrial Workers of the World, known as the IWW or "Wobblies," in the early 1900s had aggressively recruited mill workers and loggers in Southwest Washington State.  The Wobblies believed that a revolution was at hand.