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With spring come the farmers markets and booths overflowing with fresh produce direct from local growers – often harvested that very morning.
More than 200 miles above the earth, hurtling at 17,500 mph, a privately owned cargo capsule is preparing to deliver groceries to the International Space Station.
Campaign season won’t last forever; it’ll just seem that way as election signs sprout like weeds on roadsides and snarky ads start dominating television ad nauseum.
It’s a legal long shot, but Montana’s attorney general is mounting a brave defense against the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that unleashed super PACs on American democracy.
Barack Obama recently declared victory in Afghanistan – sort of – and announced plans to bring the last combat troops home in 2014. As the war winds down, our commitment to the troops who served shouldn’t wind down with it.
It’s still only May, and the nation’s economic interests have already taken a back seat to the November elections.
Steven Powell’s conviction on 14 counts of voyeurism Wednesday should give police plenty of time – as he sits in prison – to explore his possible involvement in the disappearance of his daughter-in-law, Susan Powell.
When it comes to violent crime, appearances can deceive.
The world changes. Heaven forbid that the U.S. Postal Service should change with it.
Those who follow political doings on the other side of the continent know that Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat running against U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, has gotten snarled in a dispute over her claim to Cherokee heritage.
When a $2 million budget shortfall led to closure of two Tacoma library branches that serve lower-income neighborhoods, many in the community hoped that someday, when the economic picture brightened, they might reopen.
There’s bad news for would-be college students, then good news, then more bad news. Stick with us.
It’s hard to look at President Barack Obama’s announcement Wednesday in support of same-sex marriage as anything more than anticlimactic symbolism, welcome that it is.
A Puyallup judge dismissed fines given to a dog owner for failing to have his two large labrador retrievers on leashes in a city park. The judge found that the man misinterpreted the leash law as including the electronic collars his dogs wore.
It’s time to start writing chanteys – or maybe an epic poem – about the Kalakala. This floating calamity has entered the realm of legend.
What We're Reading
- On gay marriage, Biden forced Obama's hand says White House
- Politico
- Cheryl Tucker says: So did Joltin' Joe get taken to the woodshed? Quietly of course.
- Chinese dissident case to test Ambassador Gary Locke
- Reuters
- Cheryl Tucker says: Reuters article paints a very flattering picture of former Washington Gov. Gary Locke and his down-to-earth, "cool under fire" style.
- The 2012 primary campaign's biggest loser
- National Journal
- Cheryl Tucker says: Gone are Newt Gingrich's Fox News gig, $1 million Tiffany credit line, think tank empire and image as a GOP elder statesman. Only his waistline hasn't been diminished.
