A Christmas message from Edward Snowden?
If the President and the Queen can send a Christmas message, why not Edward Snowden - the man who outed the NSA's online snooping operation.13 years ago
A Christmas poem
So what is with this War on Christmas - perhaps I can best summarize my views in this little poem.13 years ago
Welcome to church, whoever you are!
I know that this may sound more like the Festivus tradition of the Airing of the Grievances than Christmas. But if you want proof that this War on Christmas is made up, just try to get a seat at Midnight Mass at my church.13 years ago
Would Boeing execs be willing to take a dose of their own medicine?
Aerospace reporter Dominic Gates pointed out in The Seattle Times Sunday that everything Boeing has demanded of states that want the 777X already exist in Everett: the subcontractors, land for expansion, tax breaks, a streamlined permit process, and a trained, solid work force.13 years ago
Saving Christmas
The annual news stories about the War on Christmas are presumably intended to protect the true meaning of Christmas. However, if you look on-line, the debate about Christmas is getting bigger than Christmas itself.13 years ago
Machinists need a visit from the ghost of Christmas future
Last week I said the Machinists should tell us their plan B. And Wednesday, at a demonstration outside the Machinists union hall in Everett, executive board member Lester Mullen made his case.13 years ago
We are drowning in good news
For listeners always e-mailing "Why don't you report some good news once in a while" how about this.13 years ago
Seattle City Council hears unique proposal when couple gets engaged at meeting
Brett Horvath and Berit Anderson have been dating for four years - and as young people do these days, Brett wanted to make his proposal special.13 years ago
The Boeing Machinists have a point
One of the main gripes of the Boeing machinists who voted "no" on Boeing's offer to keep the 777X work in the Puget Sound, is that at the same time the company is ending the traditional retirement plan, it's also making enough money for a big stock buyback - and is increasing the shareholder dividend by 50 percent.13 years ago
Trolling the NSA
Critics of the National Security Agency will tell you that there's no proof that the NSA's surveillance of phone records has stopped even one terrorist attack.13 years ago
Dreaming of a white Santa
Megyn Kelly is defending last week's comment on Fox News that Santa is white. She points out it was merely her tongue-in-cheek response to a tongue-in-cheek op-ed written by an African American who was lamenting that very fact - that in America, anyway.13 years ago
What was the secret?
This week, the House easily approved that budget deal between Democrat Patty Murray and Republican Paul Ryan -- which did leave out some big programs, but it was the first budget agreement since 2009.13 years ago
It looks like a temper tantrum
This, of course, plays right into the hands of people who've argued unions are out of touch with economic reality - because it sure looks that way from the outside.13 years ago
How a bill becomes … a cow
Peter Schweizer, who runs the Government Accountability Institute, is out with another book about how Congress really works. This one is called "Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets," not that what the members are doing is illegal - because Congress has seen to that.13 years ago
The Volcker Rule
You remember the financial crisis. That's the thing that made a lot of nest eggs and a lot of jobs disappear.13 years ago
What – no crisis?
It's a little gift from our Representatives in Washington. It appears we are not going to have another budget crisis.13 years ago
Amazon’s drones better keep an eye out for Google’s robots
Amazon with its octocopter drones isn't the only company investigating ways to speed up deliveries.13 years ago
Has cancer just been cured?
Dr. June developed a way to re-engineer a patient's own white cells to target a specific cancer not just once, but forever.13 years ago
Are they marching toward prosperity or unemployment?
A month ago voters in the Seattle suburb of SeaTac, which basically encompasses Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, decided to force airport business to pay a minimum wage of $15.13 years ago
A lame duck already? No, worse than that
This has been a terrible year for the President. His poll numbers are turning negative, health care reform is in confusion, plus there was the IRS targeting of the Tea Party, the waffling on Syria, being heckled during a speech by some guy in the human backdrop.13 years ago
Can retirement money just vanish?
It was the latest humiliation for the city of Detroit.13 years ago
Pundits who doubted Seahawks sounded like Karl Rove on Election Night
After the Seahawks dominant 34 to 7 win over the Saints, many of you did what I did.13 years ago
It’s become the biggest news since the T-shirt cannon
On Sunday Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unveiled his octocopter delivery drones on CBS's 60 Minutes.13 years ago
