One critic said the Trump administration was caught up in “strategic incoherence” and another said it was “jazz improvisation.”

Such a large amount of time spent on a single bill this late in the session could create a legislative logjam with the end of the session.

Surprise demolitions are in part a response of developers to increased preservationist regulations. One must get the building down before it has a chance to come before a preservation board, before the research can be done to assess its historical significance.

Hilary Clinton would have made a better president than her spouse. She had the opportunity to shatter the glass ceiling.

March is Women’s History Month in the U.S., Germany and Australia. The commemoration is meaningful in Washington state, home to many remarkable women.

The Ferndale smelter was the next to last to open — in 1966 — and the last to shut down. Its forerunners spread out in Washington from Vancouver to Longview, Tacoma, Wenatchee and Spokane, and in Troutdale, Oregon, and Columbia Falls, Montana, as well as others. The massive plants churned out rods and ingots which would go on to be shaped into everything from soda cans to Boeing airplanes.