Yes, we live better lives – in some cases much better lives – because of technology. But when does a…
Underfunded or poorly run? Two wildly different pictures about King County government are being painted by the current King County…
When it comes to politics, do voters around here still want change? We’ll know later this summer, specifically Aug. 18….
When do you know that a crime is serious? When it is seriously punished. A convict doing life without parole…
Connecticut Firefighter Frank Ricci and President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor have never met. But their lives are about…
General Colin Powell is the walking embodiment of the American Dream. Raised in the Bronx, the decorated Vietnam veteran served…
Bob Herbold became famous at Microsoft for noticing things others overlooked. He chronicled some of those observations two years ago…
Legislators have just staggered away from the state Capitol having made cuts (actually, reductions from increases) nobody expected six short…
Something wonderfully ironic happened last week at the state Capitol: a sales tax increase of 3/10 of one cent was…
Something wonderfully ironic happened last week at the state Capitol: a sales tax increase of 3/10 of one cent was…
Is our society safer or less safe because of guns? On “60 Minutes” last Sunday, Leslie Stahl focused on the…
What’s the most overused word in government? My nominee is “investment”. In the real world an investment is when you…
A couple of weeks ago I attended a town hall where a trio of Eastside legislators warned darkly about the…
The acts have to be sanitized for a family newspaper. But if people knew what Cal Brown really did to…
A few weeks ago I alerted Reporter readers to a startling state Senate proposal that would erase the life terms of nearly half the state’s 292 “Three Strikes, You’re Out” inmates, setting more than 80 of them free immediately. The legislation, SB 5292, passed out of committee with the support of Eastside Sen. Rodney Tom.
When the ribbon was snipped on a new floating bridge connecting Montlake to the Eastside in 1963, a toll was…
Let’s start where everyone agrees. There are far more conservative voices on the radio than liberal voices. Most people digest…
In Olympia, everyone is trying to save money. Ideas that were unheard of a year ago are now getting serious…
Last week Starbucks announced that they are selling their new $45 million corporate jet. With sales slumping and layoffs being…
