Xi and Putin speak in the same imperialist language about the historical bonds and blood ties with their coveted territories. They pursue the same legacy of greatest leader of all time.

Is this a story about SPD misallocating resources? Is it a story about understaffing at the Seattle Police Department? 

Tina Brown is at heart a royalist. The former Vanity Fair and New Yorker editor is a Brit who moves in upper crust circles. But she is also a wickedly funny and perceptive writer. 

Somehow the narrative of 1950s America, refracted through the prism of westerns, became the norm for “the real America.” As such, it has a hold on us that may be crippling.

“I don’t see that any of the candidates are talking substance. Not yet. They are still introducing themselves because, really, none of them are well-known to most Oregonians.”

The Fremont neighborhood – and its nearby bridge – received its moniker from the community’s founders, L.H. Griffith and E. Blewett, who wanted to honor their hometown of Fremont, Nebraska.

The rampant gun violence in America is incomprehensible from a European perspective, especially since it is occurring in a country at peace and not at war.

A tragic, 167-year-old question in local history: Why did the Duwamish receive no reservation in their homeland? 

"Democracy will survive; America will survive; George and I may not." 

One problem is that the term “fully vaccinated,” perpetuates the initial presumption that two Moderna or Pfizer doses are all that will ever be needed. Not so.

With an open August primary, and Democrats not fielding a major challenger in 2022, Herrera Beutler is courting the D’s base. 

"Get thee to Columbus and see what fine, non-trophy architecture for ordinary buildings has done, together with an example of enlightened, locally focused philanthropy. "

Sending out the Senator's heart to aggrieved communities creates a tricky logistical problem.

There is a growing trend of more minority voters becoming independent voters, switching from Democrats. Hispanics have turned away from Biden more than any other racial or ethnic group.

The city-manager system would help at the local level, and an alternate-weekends model would be an improvement for the Legislature.

Much is made about the "inconvenience" and expense of testing. So just how difficult is it to get a test while traveling?

The latest trip into the polling field finds a stabilized race, Murray ahead.

Among the topics: the fading of Kshama Sawant, "anti-institutional populism," and the absence of an opposition party in local politics.

It’s not that there haven’t been murders, tragedies and hideous injustices in the past. There have. But were they so “normalized” as they seem now to be?

"Our reasons for being here are both distinctly different from other Asian immigrant groups and widely misunderstood."

"By decriminalizing people who use drugs, we will break down the stigma that stops people from accessing lifesaving support and services.”

There is a proven playbook to win, one that can be exported to every state in the union. It starts with hope. 

The essential American tradition that the best response to unwelcome speech is more speech has been subsumed by audiences targeted for division and weaponized for profit.

This state does have some of the stricter gun laws in the country. Advocates rank Washington as 10th toughest in the nation.

The mine, with its potential impact on fisheries, has drawn unprecedented opposition that has spread from the fishing industry and Alaska natives to the state’s politicians. 

How will the war end? The answer is a debate that divides into two conflicting strategies of seeking “peace” or demanding “justice,”

“The only advice I have for you tonight is not to actively resist or fight the system, because active protest and resistance merely entangles you in the system. Instead, ignore it, walk away from it."

"If people do lose – or have already lost – confidence in the Supreme Court, the new majority has no one to blame but itself."

I want to keep my guns. But If I have to pass a test to prove I know how and when to use a firearm, I will accept that.

Seeing ourselves only as helpless victims is seldom true and never helpful. Accepting responsibility is actually empowering.