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Joel Connelly

I worked for Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1973 until it ceased print publication in 2009, and SeattlePI.com from 2009 to 6/30/2020. During that time, I wrote about 9 presidential races, 11 Canadian and British Columbia elections‎, four doomed WPPSS nuclear plants, six Washington wilderness battles, creation of two national Monuments (Hanford Reach and San Juan Islands), a 104 million acre Alaska Lands Act, plus the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
Books

Understanding Martin Luther King, Flaws and All

On the national stage for just 13 years, King combined conviction with enormous skill as a tactician. He mastered what biographer Jonathan Eig calls “the politics of respectability,” leading demonstrations characterized by a disarming dignity and restraint.
Politics

Show Pony? Jayapal Backpedals while Workhorses Quietly Get Things Done

It was a second public stumble by Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, quite recently heralded by CNN and MSNBC commentators as a rising power in the House.
Politics

Pramila Jayapal calls Israel a “Racist State”

Jayapal’s remark generated instant blowback. Seven Democratic House members, who are Jewish – and come from competitive districts – drafted a letter with a blunt message: “We will never allow anti-Zionist voices that embolden anti-Semitism to hijack the Democratic Party and country.”
Environment

35 Years Later: The Northwest Is Paying for Climate Change

When I was walking the dog at Cape Lookout, and George H.W. Bush was promising to become “the environmental president,” there was a clear window for pro-active response to the looming climate crisis. The window is closing fast.
Politics

Reichert Runs: Does he have a Shot at being Washington’s Next Governor?

The onetime King County Sheriff appears as the great hope of Washington’s more traditional, conventional Republicans. The reception of the MAGA crowd is less welcoming.
blog

End of an Era: National Geographic Lays Off The Last Of Its Writers

Of course, in a press release, NatGeo tried to present a rosy picture on its staff cutbacks, saying: “Staffing changes will not change our ability to do this work, but rather give us more flexibility to tell different stories and meet our audience where they are across our many platforms." That assertion is highly questionable.
Environment

The Doorstep of Canada’s Carbon Economy: A Mega-Pipeline Threatens

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is implementing a controversial carbon tax and has committed Canada to what he calls a low carbon economy. Ironically, at the same time Trudeau is the chief architect of TransMountain expansion.
blog

Pride Month: The Washington Story

In Olympia, our first LGBTQ legislators, Cal Anderson and his successor Ed Murray, worked in increments – hospital visitations, inheritance rights, anti-bullying, legalization of civil unions. Marriage equality followed.
Politics

New Poll: Cantwell way out in Front for a Fifth Term

Cantwell won a narrow 2,229-vote over Gorton in 2000, which was the last Senate race decided in the country. She has since enjoyed three easy races. If reelected in 2024, she and Patty Murray will be poised to serve together for 28 years – the same joint tenure as the duo of Sens. Warren Magnuson and Henry Jackson, seatmates from 1953-81.
Politics

Unpopular City Council Births a Brood of Would-be Replacements. Fun Summer to Ensue

The turnover at City Hall will have consequences, given the current council’s unpopularity and left-leaning ideological bent. A recent poll, done for the Downtown Seattle Assn., asked 500 likely voters to grade the City Council. Two-thirds of those surveyed gave the Council a D or F.
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