Beneath the so-called Omega Block – high pressure that is causing heat and generating fires -- Alberta is also feeling the heat of a consequential provincial election campaign.

At Seattle's Olympic Hotel, while laying out his program in free-swinging Missouri fashion, an excited member of the audience suddenly hollered: "Give 'em hell, Harry."  Truman stopped, looked at the audience and said that he didn't give anyone hell, he just told the truth and his opponents thought it was hell. 

With the help of a calculator, I cut benefits by 50% and raised Social Security taxes by 48%. Congress will have to make such choices by 2033.

Greene previously accused Steve Clifford, a Seattle-based Media Influencer with followers in the mid two figures, of belonging to a satanic cabal of Global Elites in government, media and entertainment. 

I’d recommend to the naysayers a short walk of their own — to see the folks who need help sprawled out, vacant-eyed in door fronts and alleys, to see the straws and folded foil used to suck in the fentanyl, to watch the money taken by the peddlers of this poison.

I chose Dante’s little shop to begin my series because it seemed to me a microcosmic metaphor for Italian culture as a whole.

Among the setbacks: The defeat of the Commons levies turned out to be a last hurrah for the Seattle Establishment (architects, parks advocates, housing activists), and it greatly discouraged the progressive forces and money.

I think these shifts portray a country/society where people are really frightened. All of the things that trend down — love of country, religious faith, having kids, and community involvement — involve some, often quite significant, level of trust.

It’s not clear who’s behind this survey. It’s most likely some deep-pocketed player looking for a horse to back that isn’t Attorney General Bob Ferguson, the presumptive front-runner. 

Cantwell's initial mailings come down hard on a single theme: MAGA Republicans are likely to come after me. Maybe not, given her commanding lead in a blue state.

The absence of women from public art has consequences. Does it really matter? Yes, it does. It sends a message that women are not as important as men.

By now, even rookie fans have learned that playoff hockey is like no other postseason in sports, and that seventh games are the acme of the sports orgasm. In their 47 years, the Sonics had only seven such games, and the Kraken now have two.

Canada geese are devoted partners and mate for life. While the female sits on her eggs, the male patrols his turf, ready to do battle with those who might threaten the tranquility of their temporary digs.  

Sen Cantwell has long proposed stiffer regulations for trains carrying hazardous materials. Her sunshine environmentalists now include Trump and Sen. Vance.

Putin’s failure to take Bakhmut after eight months of stalemated combat and casualties in the tens of thousands dealt an embarrassing blow to the Kremlin leader during last week’s WWII Victory Day celebrations.

As a job-factory, except for a few brief economic bumps, the Pacific Northwest has long provided employment opportunities, with economic saviors regularly coming to town.

My own wine country explorations are often focused on seeking out old vine vineyards, and Oregon has a surprising number tucked away.

The local spinach has just arrived, and this is the time to find ramps in the spring market.

Perhaps the most telling witnesses on Carroll’s behalf – one who helped convince the jury -- was Trump himself.

Some of the debate is on the order of “should we go ahead with AI?” which suggests there is a choice in the matter. There isn’t. AI is here, though its incarnations are probably far more diverse than the single term “AI” would suggest.

Ideas for reviving local arts: a Summer Festival to raise the standards, and the revival of PONCHO.

In Afghanistan and Vietnam, the United States wanted a modern, pluralistic government more than the people there wanted such a thing. The government we supported was, in local terms, an exotic and alien species. In each case, a flood of U.S. dollars watered a hothouse of urban wealth and a rot of dependency and corruption, especially in the country’s army.

Hornbein was renowned as a climber, a medical researcher, and a friend. In words of physicist and fellow climber Bill Sumner, he had a knack for “being there for life decisions.

Founded in 1982, the Federalist Society focused on spreading conservative ideas in law schools, hoping their members would someday deconstruct the liberal-dominated legal system.

It's tough to hang it up, says this 75-year-old scribe. In politics, you go from being at the center of action to relative obscurity with time on your hands.

Monsters is an intelligent, passionate, sometimes comedic soul-search that journeys towards resolution.

Long before the celebrated Roy Olmstead, two gangs fought each other for the lucrative alcohol trade, with the Seattle Police playing along and cracking down.

Occasionally I’ll check his recorded longitude-latitude coordinates against my GPS, and they’re astonishingly close. Some of his South Pacific charts were used by the Navy as recently as WWII – 150 years after they were drawn.

After decades of site development and evolving winery practices the subtlety and intensity of Oregon’s best Chardonnays clearly differentiates them from the crowded West Coast competition.

DeSantis is learning that Mickey Mouse is Mighty Mouse. He has sought to punish Disney World, a massive presence in the Orlando area, and learned a basic truism: He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind.