We have been witnessing the collapse of religion. As a kind of bulwark, answering questions for people on why they are here. What’s the difference between right and wrong?”

Carney is clearing the decks. He now needs a visible achievement, promising expanded trans Atlantic trade and renewal of Commonwealth ties.

Barely one month into his second term, Donald Trump is already signaling that he may run for a third term, even though the US Constitution forbids it.

The other side had a story.

Niccolo Machiavelli, that cynical (or maybe just politically realistic) counselor to a medieval Prince, advised that he inflict “injuries all at one time so...

The Olympic Peninsula was once set aside for hunting elk and mining manganese. Thanks to Ickes and Gov Wallgren, those lands are now protected for recreation.

Democrats are in the grip of a schism between their more-lefty and less-lefty wings, and it hurt them badly in 2024. A reformation is needed.

The wines from smaller producers that don’t make the cut generally fail because when compared with comparable varietals or blends they just aren’t as good.

The truth is that the opposition can only win if it remains fully in the game. This, of course, brings up the question: what can the average individual do besides shudder?

If you are not eligible for citizenship, you will need to qualify for one of several visas.

Seasoned analysts of Russia’s imperialist objectives note that Putin has no interest in ending the war, having staked his reputation and legacy on “reuniting” what he sees as the cradle of Russian culture and religion with today's landmass.

The Trump presidency, while a disaster for America, is bringing out the best in Murray.

Mao told his people that one had to smash everything to build anything new. He went ahead and dismantled China’s then government system, his version of a “deep state.”

My friend Kenneth Young, a University of Washington physicist now deceased, invited me in 1973 to join him for lunch at a U District...

For those of us old enough to remember the war in Vietnam, it’s eerie how familiar all this is. Then it was the left that wanted peace, and the right that denounced them as pinkos and commie lovers. Now the left denounces our right-wing president as a fascist and a Putin lover. The slander has changed sides.

“I wanted to write a novel about the rise of a city, that takes the full measure of a place.”

While the main media outlets focused on this brawl, they didn’t dive into the proposed document that Trump and Zelensky were to sign.

Carney came out swinging at Donald Trump and his tariffs, and linked opposition Conservative Party leader Pieter Polievre — often called the Trump of the north — to the American President. 

As the bill nears final action, all sides are accusing the others of bad faith and broken promises.

It’s accessible, fruit-driven, well-balanced and generally drinks well young. When grown properly and well made it can be both complex and user-friendly, and is a great transition wine from the big reds of winter into the lighter, more forward springtime wines.

Don't know that anyone has referred to Las Vegas as Baja Seattle. I choose to be the first. Its NFL team, the Raiders, which last...

The real reason for Trump’s over-reaction, missed by national press, is that Perkins Coie has helped elect Democrats in tight races.

Alice attended the University of Washington, which was then at the downtown site of the present Four Seasons-Olympic Hotel. She described her only year at the University as "lively."

The Liberal leadership shift has produced a dizzying swing in public opinion.

In 1976, Jonathan Evison was eight years old, newly relocated to Bainbridge Island, and a complete mess. That was the year that Evison’s father brought...

“One day you are a person of virtue and status who is saving the world, and the next, well, you’re almost a criminal."

If Democrats don’t hand him weaknesses he can exploit, Trump’s wholly-owned Republican Party should suffer significant losses in the 2026 mid-term election. Given how slavishly they support him, they’ll deserve it.

It’s not only that our government, which built it, gave it to them. In the past quarter-century, Panama has invested billions of dollars building modern locks at either end.

Some local tribal members were pushing for the removal of the totem poles. They wanted the poles, crafted in the style of Northern tribes like the Haida, replaced with more traditional Coast Salish art.

On the road or anywhere else, Tom was incurably blithe and lighthearted. It’s why he was so much fun to hang out with. It was also why some critics wrote him off. What the detractors of his style get wrong about his work is that wrote with a light touch about heavy things.