The major shift: Suburban and exurban districts, once centers of Republican strength, are now consistently sending Democrats to the Legislature.

What endangers our democracy is that many citizens see the federal bureaucracy as currently or potentially restricting their freedoms. 

Harris is being hailed by foreign policy experts from the left, right and center as an advocate of the internationalism that Biden has attempted to revive to provide the U.S. influence necessary to resolve conflicts and divisions ravaging the planet.

“I grew up around a bunch of women in particular who laughed from the belly. They laughed. They would sit around the kitchen, drinking their coffee, telling big stories with big laughs."

Will the triple threat of the FAFSA fiasco, COVID changes, and demographic declines result in classes that are too small to sustain financially? 

Row after row after row of wines, in bottles and cans and boxes, flanked by giant end stacks of soda pop wines, hard lemonade, No-Lo options and pre-mixed cocktails.

Intertwined with Trump’s hatred is his whining over unfairness: the sense that he’s the aggrieved party, mistreated by women.

The leading politicians of those years are rendered as complex and articulate figures, so it is a good test of democracy's problem-solving aspects.

"With this election, our nation has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past," said Harris. Seizing on that opportunity will be "the defining goal of my presidency."

If longtime readers sense a repetitive theme here, I wish I could offer otherwise. But the top of club ops is the through-point that explains the mortal embarrassment of being the only MLB team without a World Series appearance.

They acquired a reputation as combative, loyal to kin and distrustful of government, characteristics that were highlighted in U.S. Senator Jim Webb’s 2004 book about the Scots-Irish, "Born Fighting." 

With the vice-presidential nomination of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the party hopes for a safe landing in what White House aspirants have long labeled "fly over territory."

Most all liberal theology is “natural theology,” which has left the church with too little to say about God’s nature and purposes.

Obama and other speakers underscored the unity message first spoken 20 years ago: "America is ready for a new chapter. America is ready for a better story."

The City Light license to operate the dams expires April 30, 2025. Meanwhile, the clock is relentlessly eating up time, with much yet to resolve about fisheries issues.

A bit of the drama of Biden’s withdrawal came through in his speech. “I love the job but I love my country more,” he said, underlying the task of preventing a second Trump term.

With evidence of retreating glaciers all around us, will voters heed the signals? The West Coast has a leadership role to play.

This change, formally called a “public investment impact disclosure” was mandated by the Legislature in 2022 to make it more difficult to use the initiative process to repeal laws approved by lawmakers.

If legislation is passed, about 450,000 barred owls would be killed over the next 30 years. Each year about 15,000 barred owls would be shot, less than 0.5% of their total population in North America, according to Fish and Wildlife.

Speaker Pelosi had success by following two key values: respect for all House members, and sharing credit.

Springing up like chanterelle mushrooms after an autumn rain are myriad global and regional certifications trumpeting Organic, Biodynamic, LIVE, Salmon Safe, Sustainable, Natural, LEED, SIP, Demeter, Vegan and still more eco-friendly credentials.

How did it almost come about that no Democrat qualified for the November ballot in the race for Commissioner of Public Lands? Crowded field of Dems, and a mischievous endorsement by the Seattle Times.

Banter, which lightens life and friendship, has gotten a bad reputation. Beware Banter!

These people are serious. They have taken the Republican Party on a 180-degree turn from the familiar small-government conservatism.

The bombings in Gaza, like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have been on the mind of survivors and other residents of both Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

“We are seeing women athletes do things that they’ve been told they can't do or that have never been done before, but should be the norm,”

Paine Field’s commercial service got off to a promising start in 2019, when passenger volume hit one million passengers. But then COVID-19 hit, and the airport has struggled since.

Josh Shapiro may have won Pennsylvania for Harris, and he still may, but Tim Walz can help carry those three Great Lake states much better than Shapiro. 

Baldwin wrote: “In short, we, the Black and white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation."

It’s worth repeating that the term old vine is unregulated, and any label making claims about old vines should include specifics. When and where were the vines planted? Are these still the original bearing vines, or were they grafted onto older roots?