Ted Van Dyk has been active in national policy and politics since 1961, serving in the White House and State Department and as policy director of several Democratic presidential campaigns. He is auth
Like any reminder of our mortality, predictions that the Last Days would begin this weekend should make us look anew at life and how we live it, both personally and as a society.
Back in President Kennedy's days, the fat cats gave $1,000 each and scored White House invitations. The ante is much higher now, at the federal level and here in Washington state.
President Obama's tax-cut deal goes before the U.S. Senate, just as he begins a review of Afghanistan policy. At the same time, Washington state is facing its own big issues.
Lawyer, deeply engaged in politics, mainstay of our cultural life: it will be hard to imagine Seattle without Meade Emory.
Progressivism in Minnesota helped shape Washington state's political culture. A PBS film will explore the life of former Sen. Hubert Humphrey, whose politics forever changed the country for the better and whose legacy may still leave hope for a less partisan atmosphere.
