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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.
Histories

80 Years Ago This Weekend: Devastation of Hiroshima

A Hiroshima survivor, 83-year-old Noritmitsu Tosu and his son Fumi, will lead a Fierce Nonviolent Pilgrimage to Hanford and other Northwest nuclear sites. The first plutonium-producing reactor has become a national historical park.
Energy

The Largest Energy Project in the World: Chinese Dams Threaten Tibet’s Yarlung-Tsangpo River

The project is a giant tradeoff. It will displace villages, as was the case when a total of 1.4 million people were uprooted when the reservoir behind Three Gorges filled. It is in an earthquake zone.
Politics

Uh-Oh: Primary Poll Suggests Trouble for Bruce Harrell Re-elect and Disapproval for Gov. Bob Ferguson

Political warning signs are up for two high profile officeholders. A pair of just-released polls show Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell in a neck-and-neck race with challenger Katie Wilson, while...
Politics

Why is Dan Newhouse Voting Against the Interests of his Eastern Washington Constituents? (They Want to Know)

Newhouse “betrayed the 4th District twice, in less than six weeks,” the Herald Republic, Newhouse's hometown paper, editorialized.
Histories

Those Who Opposed Hitler

The experience and tragedy of the anti-Hitler plotters carry lessons for the 21st Century, including lessons for this Republic approaching its 250th birthday. It can happen here.
Journalism

Stormy Weather: Trump’s Devastating Cuts to Public Broadcasting

You don’t need be a weather forecaster to know which way the wind is blowing, and to see the immediate peril facing public radio and public television.
Environment

When Texas-Size Weather Messes with Texas

Defending their fossil fuel economy, Texas’ Republican rulers have adopted a three-pronged response to a stream of climate disasters: Belligerent denial of anything out of the ordinary, professed ignorance, and invocation of the Almighty.
Books

Larger-Than-Life Life, Vigorously Lived: Bill Buckley

Time magazine put him on the cover with a headline “The Sniper,” and he was just that for much of his public life.
Politics

Two Approaches to Congressing

Press releases from members of Congress bear a curious resemblance to Subway sandwiches. Regardless of ingredients, they all contain the same flavor.
Politics

Murkowski: BBBribes for Alaska. The Rest of America can Drop Dead

Murkowski is hoping the bill will be improved as it goes back to the House. The much greater prospect, of course, is that the screwed-up priorities will do lasting damage to our country.
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