Writing the good read
Like a lot of people disgusted by the Wesboro Baptis “Church” — I won’t link to them, but rather to the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center pages about the hate group — I signed the petition at the White House website to make that reprehensible organization a hate group. All petitions at the…
On October 17, the Seattle Times ran the first of a string of full page political ads endorsing the Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna.They were paid for by the business side of the paper, and there was a lot of assurance from that side and from the editorial leadership that the ad buy didn’t impact…
I have no designs on public office, and given my strange history, I’m sure some political consultant would say that’s probably for the best. But if I was going to run for office, I would make the following promises: 1. I will never let the practice of my religion impinge on your freedom to practice…
I have always taken my role as a journalist seriously. I try to maintain objectivity, seek and report information from both sides of a given issue, and request actual answers to my questions. It drives me crazy to see the top tier journalists in this country ask questions of politicians that dance around the issues….
Washington State passed a two year budget the other day. It cuts funding for medical services for the poor and plugs budget gaps with a 1.9 percent cut in teachers’ pay. Other school personnel will lose 3 percent of their paychecks. For the life of me, I cannot understand that this is who we have…
As much as I think it would be hysterical to watch Jon Stewart during any campaign for president you launched, I think you need to find some people who aren’t always agreeing with you to talk to you about such an endeavor. I think you would be spending money — yours and other people’s —…