It would be easy to blame the Puget Sound Partnership’s failure to clean up Puget Sound on a lack of leadership, funding and meaningful authority… Continue reading
Matt Shea can’t take a victory lap around the state Capitol quite yet. But the Republican representative from Spokane Valley can certainly start stretching his… Continue reading
It seems that any person, presentation or speech labeled “political” takes on its own set of rules, a set that doesn’t have to include facts… Continue reading
A new year is the perfect time for fresh new beginnings. It provides the opportunity to reassess our life’s journey and to make any desired… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee badly wants a clean fuels standard in Washington state. He came close nine months ago but legislation he embraced and House Democrats… Continue reading
Are we willing to take the steps required to restore civil political discourse? Are we ready to make the hard choices necessary to re-assert and… Continue reading
Another election chapter is in the books. But before it is catalogued with its predecessors, here are a couple of key questions ahead of a… Continue reading
Lawmakers returned to Olympia on Jan. 13 for the 2020 session of the Washington State Legislature. The session is scheduled to end in 60 days,… Continue reading
In 1869, the Daily Cleveland Herald quoted lawyer John Godfrey Saxe as saying, “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know… Continue reading
The funny thing about water law is that it can seem as fluid as the medium it’s meant to manage. The relatively new state of… Continue reading
Once again, it’s that time for new resolutions. Here are two of mine that won’t cause political fallout among readers right here on the first… Continue reading
Consider the evidence for Trump In reference to Tim Wheeler’s letter to the editor (Sequim Gazette, Dec. 13): Wheeler states: “Uphold the Constitution and rule… Continue reading
The grand prize-winning photo in Wildlife magazine was a photo of a Central African gorilla. The photographer Anup Shah captured the magnificent animal in a… Continue reading
This month’s column is a special one — at least it is for me. It is holiday time when I could easily write about fun,… Continue reading
How have we come to be so divided that we can barely tolerate, let alone talk with, someone who’s views are not the same as… Continue reading
Stuck on what gifts to give Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib and Republican state senators this holiday season? Consider one present they can unwrap together: an… Continue reading
Washington State is kicking off a big change for the better. As of Jan. 1, 2020, Engrossed House Bill 1074 — or Tobacco and Vapor… Continue reading
Did Mother Earth gift you crab to crack or oysters to shuck this season? Fresh delicacies from the cold waters of the Strait are a… Continue reading
Bridges shouldn’t have to sink to be replaced. However, at times that’s what it takes. Too often new projects succumb to years of fighting among… Continue reading
What will you feel when the U.S. House of Representatives votes to impeach President Donald J. Trump? Relief, satisfaction, frustration, anger? Maybe nothing at all?… Continue reading
