Even on our first date, my wife of 20 years had my number | My Take
A benefit of being married 20 years is you stop trying to be seen as anyone other than who you are. The odds that self-promotion...
Seattle Times Op-Eds
The Seattle Times welcomes Op-Eds on any topic for publication in print and online. We value diverse opinion writing that offers a clear point of view. Below are recent Op-Ed columns published in The Times.
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I owe a debt of gratitude to UW’s immigrant janitors | My Take
I have come to understand that we students are the dividend of a long-positioned investment — the actualization of a dream that was conceived many...
This is not the time for U.S. to retreat from world community | Op-Ed
The Trump administration has taken a casual and dismissive view toward cooperation with and leadership of other countries. “America First” is in practice “America Alone.”
Help victims of sexual assault reclaim their voices and lives | Op-Ed
Improving our collective response to allegations of abuse will help individual survivors — as well as our community — heal and move forward.
The language of hot, gritty work | Op-Ed
I have heard some people say that Mexicans belong in Mexico. That if they’re in America, they should learn English. When you serve a man...
Nature isn’t on a rampage — we are | Op-Ed
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has said that a hurricane emergency is not the time to talk about climate change. To the contrary, it is just...
Why did so many doubt Mayor Murray’s accusers? | Op-Ed
Why did it take a fifth report to compel Mayor Ed Murray’s resignation when four others spoke out months ago? How was he able to...
10 ways to improve your neighborhood and your life | My Take
We can’t depend on our dysfunctional government to improve our lives. Organize a neighborhood potluck, get to know your neighbors and prove that we can...
Segregation worse in schools 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education | Op-Ed
According to an analysis by the UCLA Civil Rights Project, the number of intensely segregated schools with zero to 10 percent white enrollment has more...
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