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.
Politics

Opportunity for Democrats in Alaska and Montana?

Pundits’ bleary eyes may focus on the Pacific Northwest and Alaska this November in the national slugfest for control of Congress. If Democrats win, they could wrestle the nation’s agenda from...
Politics

The Fix was In: Montana Senator Withdraws and Engineers his Replacement

Retiring Steve Daines is the sixth Republican senator to hang it up in the 2026 cycle, giving Democrats the opportunity to flip seats.
International

Mark Carney’s Canada: Open for Business and Fast Moving on from Trump

Among assets Carney offers trading partners is the port of Prince Rupert, in northern B.C., which is the closest destination for trans-Pacific trade, with a railroad infrastructure that sends cargoes to the heartland of America.
People

Remembering Jesse Jackson

He was tall and regal, commanding the stage at two Democratic conventions. He could dominate a stage and did just that at a Democratic Leadership Conference meeting in New Orleans.
Politics

All that Money in Politics: It’s About Trump

My email box is driven these days by Donald Trump, for him and against him.
Politics

State of the Dis-Union: Trump’s Ugly, (Long) Rant

It wasn’t funny. Nor was it entertaining. Rather, it commands a reengagement in America’s civic life.
Religion

American Catholics: Standing up to Caesar

The Catholic Church refuses to look the other way in the face of Trump’s roundups of emigrees and refugees, despite justifications from Vice President J.D. Vance, a Catholic convert.
Politics

Congressional Democrats: Waiting to Get Things Done Again

The Republicans go into November midterms enjoying a 53-47 Senate advantage, plus a favorable electoral map; the GOP has a 221-214 House advantage.
Politics

Attacks on Immigrants are Attacks on Us All

Another century has passed, with another demagogue and his MAGA movement. The nativist disease has reached the White House.
Environment

A Cryin’ Bloody Shame: DOGE and Storm Pummel Our Public Forests

The 164-million-acre system has been hit by two perfect storms. An atmospheric river in January washed out trails, campgrounds and access roads across the Pacific Northwest. Not to be outdone, DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency under Elon Musk, has ravaged its corps of overseers.
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