Opinion
Our state’s psychiatric treatment predicament | As It Turns Out
Last month shined an unforgiving light on Washington’s mental health treatment practices. In case you missed it, here…
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What does legalized marijuana mean for you? | As It Turns Out
Remember back in November 2012, when 55 percent of Washington voters said yes to Initiative 502? If you’re…
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Brushing up on Washington’s European past | As It Turns Out
The reason behind our festivities is, of course, related to America winning the Revolution against Britain.
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Climate change and its effect on water | As It Turns Out
Whether one agrees with the validity of climate change or not, many believe it’s a more crucial threat…
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Mid-market department stores vanishing with middle class | As It Turns Out
Since mid-market department store sales reached their retail peaks in January of 2001, they have been steadily heading…
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Why states are heading away from death penalty | As It Turns Out
Since February’s announcement by Gov. Jay Inslee of his moratorium on capital punishment, there has been refreshed interest…
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Love song for my sweet Murry Girl | As It Turns Out
I’m losing my best friend, my Murry Girl. Today is her last day.
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What’s behind a fair minimum wage? | As It Turns Out
Mayor Murray has promised municipal workers a $15 per hour minimum wage in four month’s time, affecting 600…
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What Pope Francis says about the idolatry of money | As It Turns Out
Pope Francis’s first papal exhortation was released by the Vatican. In it, he writes of how he sees…
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Poverty and volunteering in North Kitsap | As It Turns Out
Here we are, years since the end of the Great Recession, and poverty and unemployment remain high
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Syria conflict remains murky
Imagine a country about the size of Washington state with three times the population
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Simplifying Obamacare | As It Turns Out
Whether we like it or not, Obamacare is happening. So maybe it’s time to settle down to the…
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As food stamp need rises, feds weaken program | As It Turns Out
For 40 years, farm bills have been packaged together legislatively with nutritional programs. At first glance a seemingly…
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It’s time for a debate on NSA surveillance | As It Turns Out
A surprise came this June that the government is using the Patriot Act to require phone companies to…
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Time is of the essence at Hanford site | As It Turns Out
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, along the Columbia River in Benton County, was built in our own back yard…
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Should ethics be optional in today’s capitalism? | As It Turns Out
As it turns out, most Americans believe in capitalism even though it’s been impossible for us to agree…
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Another look at capitalism and megabanks | As It Turns Out
As it turns out, most Americans believe in capitalism even though we can’t agree on how it should…
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Austerity measures are not working | As It Turns Out
Austerity economics, simply put, is a governmental policy of spending cuts and, to a lesser degree, tax increases.
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Life, liberty and guns: How can we reduce violence? | As It Turns Out
One of the hottest topics today is gun violence and how to eliminate it.
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Goodbye — and hello — to the USS Enterprise | As It Turns Out
Much attention has been given the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) recently regarding its retirement from active service after…