This is the second installment of my Trump Outrage Watch designed to help me (and you) keep track of his violations of the Constitution, laws, norms and ethics perpetrated at a mind-numbing pace.

If we are applying this to our current politics and culture, a finger is pointed at Trump, Musk, and all the other happy warriors of disruption, self-promotion, and cruelty.

Carl Sandburg was called upon to give a talk and play his guitar at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. His talk was a success, but he left the stage without touching the lonely guitar.

Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are the Careless People who call to mind The Great Gatsby’s Tom and Daisy who “smash up things and creatures and then retreat back to their money and vast carelessness and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

A wealth of data shows how Trump’s flood of executive orders and appointments has created immediate confusion and chaos in delivering government services. But detailing that process demands a separate effort.

Constantine will be perfectly positioned to cover for, that is to protect, board members from criticism, from exposure of its failures (his included) to keep the agency out of trouble.

Since Mark Carney took the helm, and took on Trump, the governing Liberal Party has soared in the polls.

The preposterous distance between the Dodgers and the rest of baseball -- the only major North American spectator sport without a serious salary cap -- is like Lewis and Clark arriving at Astoria to discover the Pacific shore was many miles west.

"Groenlandia, Gaza, e Canada" (Composed by Lee Greenwood, Libretto by Carl Ichan). This opera, set in the future, depicts how America regained it moxie, due to a perceptive, upstanding, unflinching, illustrious, resplendent, and fearless leader.

Instead of “say it again louder” as Ken Martin seems to suggest, or stand pat (“I wouldn’t change anything”) as Kamala Harris chose to do, a new message and agenda are required.

Denk’s overarching intent seemed to be uncovering something ineffable: the character Bach baked into each Partita based on its tonality.

Newly elected Gov. Bob Ferguson, a noted chess master, should be on his game right now. But instead, he appears conflicted in what moves to make.

Now our governments remain in the mid-20th Century while our communities, economies, and the world left that century behind decades ago, creating the need for public sector reform.  Our unserious civic culture and political class proved unable to respond.

Perhaps sensing a bleak mood among their readers, some of the columnists/commentators I follow began the year by trying, or so it appeared, to talk us back from the edge.

Growing a vibrant, communal, and accessible local music and arts scene from the ground up — like Seattle had in the late 80s and 90s — has been the driving force of creatives and small-business owners who have moved to White Center in recent years. But there are complications...

“We are all kind of swimming in a sea of information and misinformation. Learning how to navigate that is really important work.”

As a Deputy King County Prosecuting Attorney, George Vanderveer stepped into one courtroom fracas after another.  His legal life was a baptism in the world of radicals, pickpockets, and their neighbors.

The amount of money waiting in the wings looks like the front end of a ballot measure campaign to force a statewide vote on new taxes.

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.