Opinion
Difficult Positions: The Death Penalty and Nikolas Cruz | Laura Finley
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in…
Opinion
Can We Unlock the Golden Door? | Robert C. Koehler
Around 9 a.m., a helicopter began circling overhead. Moments later, as Jonathan Blitzer wrote recently in the New…
Opinion
Swamp Drained? How, Exactly? | John L. Micek
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a Republican who hails from northeastern Pennsylvania’s coal country, likes to brag about the…
Opinion
A Week of Pomp and Circumstance | Peter Funt
Three disparate events within a week’s time captured the world’s attention and provided a fresh take on how…
Opinion
Deja vu all over again | The Petri Dish
OLYMPIA — Gun rights activists and their legislative allies may have messed up again in their political calculations…
Opinion
The Alternate States of America | Blair Bess
We, in America, have been living in alternate states of reality for quite some time. They are neither…
Opinion
We’re All In This Together | Lee H. Hamilton
Our republic is under stress. So much so, in fact, that if you’re not worried about its future,…
Opinion
Trump’s 65th week in office | In cartoons
With the president spending the week in Mar-a-Lago, editorial cartoonists around the world got a bit of a…
Opinion
Trump Zombies | Raging Moderate
The followers of Donald Trump are many things. Loyal, rabid, focused, committed, single-minded, self-righteous, rabid and oblivious. And…
Opinion
Should We Lower The Voting Age To 16? | Tyrades!
According to NBC News, the majority of the Washington, D.C. council as well as the mayor and the…
News
Bainbridge council picks Schneider as its newest council member
Leslie Schneider has been appointed to the Bainbridge Island City Council.
Opinion
Missouri’s Republican Sex Scandal is Way Better Than Trump’s | Dick Polman
Need a break from Trump? Come with me to Missouri.
Opinion
The Cautionary Tale of Donald J. Trump | Steve Klinger
In the summer of 2016 I wrote a song titled “Not This Time,” about an unnamed demagogue seeking…