How to handle the ‘Genocide Olympics’ in Beijing | Nicholas D. Kristof / Syndicated columnist
The blunt truth is that a much-watched Olympics give the world leverage to highlight human rights abuses and raise the cost of repression. We should...
Syndicated Columnists
In addition to our staff columnists, The Seattle Times publishes a variety of syndicated columnists, representing a breadth of political thought and perspective. Below are recent syndicated columns published in The Times.
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Don’t allow Iran to keep its weapons program | Eli Lake / Syndicated columnist
Even as it negotiated the JCPOA, Iran was not only holding blueprints for a nuclear weapon, but also maintaining a constellation of physical sites where...
A royal game of thrones in Jordan unnerves the Middle East | Trudy Rubin / Syndicated columnist
Any hint that the Jordanian linchpin of Mideast stability could go wobbly, given its borders with Israel, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, was enough to...
Spend more on the IRS | Doyle McManus / Syndicated columnist
Collecting the taxes people are required to pay isn’t soaking the rich; it’s stopping the deadbeats and freeloaders from shirking a burden the rest of...
Why bystanders fail to intervene when strangers need help | Guest columnists
When it comes to those whose jobs it is to keep us safe, we need people whose solidarity lies with something broader than the building...
Israelis and Americans both ask, whose country is this anyway? | Thomas L. Friedman / Syndicated columnist
to thrive in the 21st century both America and Israel need to define anew what it means to be a pluralistic democracy — with big,...
Hedge fund or billionaire? For Tribune, it’s a no-brainer | Brooke Sutherland / Syndicated columnist
It’s been a long, tiring road for everyone involved, but especially the journalists at Tribune’s papers whose future employment has fallen subject to the whims...
Biden should finish the wall | Bret Stephens / Syndicated columnist
Walls also cannot address the root cause of our immigration crisis, which stems from a combination of social collapse south of the border and the...
The message of lynchings | Charles M. Blow / Syndicated columnist
The treatment of Floyd’s body was a message to those in his community: Any perceived disorder or disobedience will be crushed, literally. It recalled for...
3 ways to save democracy | Timothy Egan / Syndicated columnist
No one should graduate from high school without being equipped with the tools to recognize bogus information. It’s like elementary civics. By extension, we should...
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