Fictional piracy, real Democrats
“Margaret Thatcher’s left eyeball bounced off the keyboard and into the pasta.” Not bad. That’s an enticing early line in fledgling Tacoma author Ken Miller’s just-published first novel about sea...
View ArticleChild abusers win one in the 9th Circuit
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. A new federal court decision is creating ripples in the world of child-abuse protection. They aren’t good ripples. Ruling earlier this month in...
View ArticleLindquist’s take on the dumb 9th Circuit decision
Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist put us on to the Ninth Circuit ruling I wrote about in the post below (I hope I was scathing enough). Here is the opinion, which mandates court orders before CPS...
View ArticleHilltop Crips deserve the conspiracy charges
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Thomas Felnagle is a fine judge, but we devoutly hope he’s wrong about using conspiracy charges against street gangs. The Pierce County Superior...
View ArticleMark Lindquist for Pierce County prosecutor
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Voters face what could be a tough decision when they pick their prosecutor in November. The race pits incumbent-by-appointment Mark Lindquist...
View ArticleNot the assessor-treasurer office’s finest half hour
If Alberto Ugas isn’t regretting his decision to go up against Mark Lindquist on KOMO radio this morning, he should be. Ugas – the Pierce County deputy assessor-treasurer who just filed a recall...
View ArticleRecall drives Washam’s crusade over the edge of sanity
This editorial will appear in Sunday’s print edition. Alberto Ugas insists the recall was all his idea. His boss, Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer Dale Washam, did not put him up to taking on Pierce...
View ArticleHold adults more accountable for kids’ access to guns
This editorial will appear in Thursday’s print edition. The shocking spate of shootings in the last three weeks that have left two young children dead and another gravely injured should be a wakeup...
View ArticleAppearance of fairness matters in picking judges
This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s print edition. The criminal justice system abounds in people, procedures and places: judges, courtrooms, attorneys, indictments, trials, appeals and jail cells....
View ArticleMore must be done to stop repeat drunk drivers
This editorial will appear in Friday’s print edition. Tragedy often has a predictable aftermath: first shock and grief, then anger. We’re at the anger stage right now, grasping for how to react to the...
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