Opinion
Biden can promote both workers and competition
President Joe Biden’s executive order promoting U.S. economic competition includes some welcome and long-needed changes to U.S. labor…
Opinion
FAA shows new muscle in working with Boeing
Ahead of a 2016 meeting to discuss training requirements for the 737 MAX, a Boeing employee infamously described…
Opinion
Why we may never know whether the $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug actually works
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval in June of a drug purporting to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s…
Opinion
Vaccine rollout a success story unlike any in the world
On May 4, President Joe Biden set the goal for 70 percent of adults to receive a COVID-19…
Opinion
Herrera Beutler takes on maternal mortality
Maternal health care in the United States is frankly a disgrace, and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler deserves credit…
Opinion
East Aberdeen rail project would benefit region
Railroad crossings don’t get a lot of attention from people unless, of course, they are stuck waiting in…
Letters to the Editor
Watching Walsh
Editor’s note: Due to a production error, the following letter did not run in its entirety in the…
Opinion
Global Enemy No. 1: a worst-case solution
As President Joe Biden and his top cybersecurity minds convened in the Situation Room on Wednesday, their agenda…
Opinion
Pride Week adopted in Pierce at last. LGBTQ+ advocates can cheer. But when will flag fly?
Every July for the past decade, the city of Tacoma has shown Pride in its LGBTQ-plus residents and…
Opinion
Schools must teach students about racism
Good teachers know that if something is relevant to their students’ experiences, it needs to be a part…
Opinion
Herrera Beutler picks partisanship over truth
After spending recent months valiantly standing up for truth, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has retreated into embarrassing partisanship.
Opinion
The rickety politics of the infrastructure bill
The political maneuvering about infrastructure is getting pretty strange, what with President Joe Biden first cheering a bipartisan…
Letters to the Editor
Letter: We’ll be watching Walsh
Interviews with Holocaust survivors and eyewitnesses are the most chilling chapters of my 55-year career as a reporter…