Tammie Hetrick: Three keys to reopening Washington: Vaccinations, increased occupancy rates and masks
Sun., Jan. 17, 2021
Three keys to reopening Washington: Vaccinations, increased occupancy rates and masks
Opinion
Guest Opinions
Alexis Gallaway-Tonasket, Annemarie Frohnhoefer and Emily Peters: Spokane Law Enforcement: Denounce White Supremacy
Sat., Jan. 16, 2021
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was bludgeoned to death by a mob of Trump supporters. No one deserves such a death. Officer Sicknick’s political views may have differed from those of the Human Rights Activist Coterie of Spokane (HRAC), but on January 6, the United States shared a single enemy: white supremacists who sought to overtake our institutions. Our institutions are not equitable and they are not perfect. Yet, Officer Sicknick died protecting our democratic process and we condemn the violence used against him.
Esther Brown: Two worlds, same pandemic: Lessons to learn from culture and COVID-19 in Taiwan and the U.S.
Fri., Jan. 15, 2021
I’ve spent this year living in two countries with starkly different responses to the virus. I left the U.S. in March for five months, and after a mandatory 14-day complete isolation quarantine, I stepped into an entirely different world. In Taiwan, I witnessed people living relatively unaffected by the virus: businesses are open, schools are in-person and the economy that has remained intact.
Steven A. Smith: The other first responders
Wed., Jan. 13, 2021
When the world takes that unexpected right turn that changes the course of history, they run to the danger. We expect that of the best known, most respected first responders – police, firefighters, EMTs, the military. But journalists are first responders, too.
Dr. Anthony Thiros: Medicaid expansion has helped Idahoans through these stressful times
Tue., Jan. 12, 2021
By Dr. Anthony Thiros
Patrick Connor: Inslee agenda seeks to destroy even more small businesses
Sun., Jan. 10, 2021
The hopes of our state’s small-business owners for a return to normalcy with the new year were dashed by not one, but two holiday pronouncements from Gov. Jay Inslee: an extension of statewide business restrictions to Monday, and the release of his budget and legislative proposals.
Michael Ramirez cartoon
Syndicated Columns & Other Voices
Eboo Patel: What Martin Luther King Jr. taught us about embracing our enemies
Mon., Jan. 18, 2021
This year’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day comes less than two weeks after a violent white mob, inspired by entrenched racism and dressed up in Christian symbolism, attacked American democracy, leaving five people dead.
Jacqueline Salit: More excessive partisanship will make wound from Capitol siege even worse
Sat., Jan. 16, 2021
My father, a Navy veteran of World War II, just celebrated his 94th birthday. He is one of the estimated 300,000 living veterans of that war and he is healthy, mobile and active, with a wicked sense of humor. His memories are sharp, his voice raspy, and he offers colorful reflections on almost a century of American life.
Rich Lowry: The Flight 93 Post-Election
Sat., Jan. 16, 2021
President Donald Trump finally did what the foremost metaphor associated with his political rise would have suggested – he plowed his plane into the ground.
Letters
Yes to our students
Fri., Jan. 15, 2021
This has been one of the most difficult years for so many of us. Unemployment rates continue to rise, ICUs are filled to capacity with very sick patients, political divides among us are larger than they’ve every been, and many households and individuals are feeling the financial implications from this pandemic.
A lesson from MLK
Fri., Jan. 15, 2021
To expand on Martin Luther King Jr.'s quote, we should not judge anyone based on skin color, political party preference, gender, or gender preference, nationality, religion, etc., but ONLY on the "content of their character"!
Selective law and order
Fri., Jan. 15, 2021
Following the violent assault on the Capitol Building we heard some Republicans chide the perpetrators: “We are the party of law and order.”
Vaccine rollout failure
Fri., Jan. 15, 2021
It's been more than six months since we knew that a vaccine against COVID-19 would be produced. The government did a great job of distribution the vaccine to the states. But it's now revealed that "We weren't prepared to vaccinate this many people this quickly."
Boost the vaccine program
Fri., Jan. 15, 2021
You want to slow down and stop the spread of COVID-19? Ramp up vaccinating.
Fluoridating the city
Thu., Jan. 14, 2021
It is nice to finally get a look at the “anti-fluoridation” advocates' reasoning ("Taking a principled stance on water fluoridation," Jeff Irish, David Graves and Rick North, Guest Opinion, January 8).
Editorials
Seattle Times editorial: Washington needs strong privacy law
Tue., Dec. 1, 2020
Although Washington's Legislature won't convene until January, progress is already happening on a much needed state privacy law.
Editorial: With misgivings, vote Trump for president and Inslee for governor
UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 28, 2020
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