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.
Thank God for the grand jury subpoenas. For they extracted — like rotting teeth — clergy-abuse personnel files in unreachable corners of six Pennsylvania Roman...
Republican Gov. Rick Scott, now running for the U.S. Senate against the Democratic incumbent, Bill Nelson, nickeled, dimed, slashed and ignored Florida’s environmental protections for...
Get out your music player and put on “Chain of Fools.” For goodness sake, put on “Respect.” Do that, and you will understand why she...
Sending good but spineless Republicans to Washington would only extend the nation’s agony.
Trump wants to make Brennan the face of the so-called resistance. This is the Trump playbook. He is a man who approaches politics like professional...
Unless Trump wants to retreat to a 1776-sized economy or relive the Great Depression (care of Smoot-Hawley) it's best we not follow the outdated mercantilist...
We’re stuck living in a nightmare in which the president spends his time on Twitter saying terrible things about all sorts of people. And while...
What if the big 2020 issue is not “Who lost Russia?” or “Who lost North Korea?” but “Who lost planet Earth?"
The imperative must be to develop a political strategy and a narrative that persuades the broad American public that its economic well-being depends on getting...
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