Only 27% of Americans believe we are on the right track, according to the Real Clear Politics average of polls.

Gallup Polls show that 60 percent of Americans currently favor unions. That's certainly true in Washington state, which ranks third (after New York and Hawaii) for the percentage of unionized workers – 20.1 percent of state workers, twice nationwide numbers.

This area has a long and storied history as a cultural hub of psychedelic exploration.

We need to ramp up the production of tiny homes and the siting of tiny home villages at the same time as we build permanent housing on a fast track.

It should be possible to discuss the worrying trends without setting off bad-faith conversation about “what this really means.”

Arts organizations spawned in these boom years may have outpaced the audiences or the sources of revenue. Do we now have too many mouths to feed?

The United States lost an honest and dedicated representative of our democracy when Trump deposed her for standing up for what is right.

Fifty one candidates. Fifty-one(!) have filed for the special election to fill Alaska's lone Congressional seat.

Russia's history is marked by violence and assassinations. Somehow, in some way, Russian politicians must find ways to enable the peaceful transfer of power.

"The fair was Seattle’s debut among the cities of earth, and Seattle cleaned house so thoroughly that it was never again the roaring city of gold rush days.” 

The problem is that if you keep hitting the pleasure button too often, everything goes to shit. Not only that, but you need more of whatever it is you are pleasured by to get that sensation.

For decades, for centuries, women have created a wealth of music—Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and contemporary.

I am increasingly dreading the upcoming November elections.

"I like the thought that the development of the neighborhood will not distract from the Cathedral’s presence but will point to and enhance it.”

If, in retrospect, our editorial stances were so frequently dead wrong, then why write them in the first place? 

Governments spend large sums to nudge their societies away from fossil fuels. But they make no such effort to promote a food transition matching that energy transition.

Note that the pollsters include the incumbents’ race in the description. The district is nearly 65 percent white and less than 3 percent black. They also included voting-record messaging designed to fire up tax-averse voters and folks on the rightward half of the broad argument over law enforcement policy. 

Exploitive Math is analytical, and therefore, by definition, divisive.

Canada will have a stable government and no national election for the next three years – at least. 

While governments put money in peoples’ hands, they tend to reach into taxpayers’ pockets.

The new laws concerning abortion, guns, book-banning, and vaccines will be bad for tourism, a key industry in Idaho, but most Idaho businesses have been silent.

Inslee minced no words, proclaiming "if Idaho won't stand up for your rights, I will." The signing came just days after Idaho enacted legislation to allow lawsuits by "potential family members" to enforce an abortion ban after six weeks into pregnancy, a time when many are not aware of their condition. 

The burgeoning waterfront development included a boathouse, piers, a wooden promenade and twin bandstands offshore with shoreline seating.  Beer was sold to audiences while they listened to Wagner’s Band play Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Later came a racetrack near Broadmoor.

There are serious political conditions brewing that threaten 69-year-old Vladimir Putin's 22-year autocratic control over Russia.

For more than a decade, Russian imperial bullying has been paralleled by the bullying of other Orthodox communions by the Patriarchate of Moscow, as it seeks hegemony in the Orthodox world.

The church is not a gathering of the righteous, the perfect, those without fault or blemish, not to mention catastrophic failure. It is a gathering of those who know they stand in need of grace and mercy. It is a gathering of the “League of the Guilty.”

Stoli vodka, once known as Stolichnaya, has been hit by informal consumer boycotts and some government actions against Russian brands. But it's actually made in Latvia.

"This was dentistry in the era of COVID-19. And best of all, the whole process cost only 70 euros ($80)."

Carlson’s rise to prominence in Seattle's business establishment was a combination of native intelligence, an enthusiastic demeanor, very hard work, and a willingness to do a dozen things at one time.

There's a not-so-subtle racism and sexism, not to mention homophobia, to book banning.