Failure to achieve campaign slogans promotes voter cynicism. Therefore, I have compiled a list of campaign promises that most politicians can fulfill.

Washington State really needs a complete overhaul of its taxation system. Depending on your point of view the Millionaires Tax is a down payment on such an overhaul, or it is the camel’s nose in the tent that will result in an income tax not just on the highest income citizens but on everyone.

For a defending champion that as recently as early last week forced eyebrows in the Northwest into a high arch after a 3-3 start, the Seahawks are abruptly back in the business of badassery.

This otherwise rational person was telling me the mountain cabin owned by my family for generations was no longer a viable vacation rental unit because it was haunted.

I taught civics to high school sophomores at the beginning of my teaching career, and it gave me an abiding appreciation for the foundation of political knowledge that is laid in the formative years. My favorite curriculum topic was loyal opposition.

Washington state made this year’s list with two establishments quite unlike others.