Editorials

GUEST EDITORIAL: Put an honest price on carbon

Published on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 12:00am

Will voters in Washington State breathe new life into the idea of taxing carbon emissions? Plenty of people worried about the earth’s future certainly hope so. Climate scientists and economists

GUEST EDITORIAL: Eleven dead in Pittsburgh

Published on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 12:00am

This time it happened in Pittsburgh, a man armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle, shouting anti-Semitic slurs and opening fire inside the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday morning. Soon

Politics presses on amid election season tragedy

Published on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies continued. Attack ads stayed on the airwaves. Political combat largely carried on. Amid a wave of election season violence that left many

GUEST EDITORIAL: This is the first step to recalibrating U.S.-Saudi relations

Published on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 12:00am

The murder of Jamal Khashoggi should spark a long-overdue recalibration of U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and its reckless de facto leader, Mohammed bin Salman. In the past several years

Elizabeth Warren’s obligation to Native Americans

Published on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 12:00am

With the controversy of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s claims to be part Native American still swirling through the political atmosphere, it is important that we hear the voices of actual Native

Trump’s Saudi bet has become much riskier

Published on Thu, 10/18/2018 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump put a big and risky bet on Saudi Arabia and its 33-year-old crown prince. It’s now become much riskier. From the early days of his

Vivid reminder

Published on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 12:00am

A recent grizzly bear mauling in Park County provides a vivid reminder of two critical things if you want to live, recreate or hunt here — or if you just

Haley’s signature achievement was to push her job toward irrelevance

Published on Thu, 10/11/2018 - 12:00am

Nikki Haley, who on Tuesday announced her resignation as the U.S. representative to the United Nations, was less strident than the president who appointed her — not much of an

GUEST EDITORIAL: No sense making it easy for them

Published on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 12:00am

So this is about tariffs, trade and technology. You know, dull stuff. But stick with us here because beyond the bore, there is something important. Besides, the porn industry is

GUEST EDITORIAL: From ‘silly’ to ‘slimy’

Published on Mon, 10/08/2018 - 12:00am

We used to bemoan the start of “silly season,” the weeks (or months) preceding Election Day in which supporters and opponents of certain candidates resort to increasingly ridiculous tactics in