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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.
Politics

Does Nikki Haley Stand a Chance in South Carolina?

The Republican electorate is highly conservative up country, with an island of moderates in Charleston. Not even massive Democratic spending could dislodge Sen. Lindsay Graham in his last reelection.
blog

Farewell, Sports Illustrated

It was a mark of an athlete’s prestige to be on the cover of SI. But there was also the famous Sports Illustrated cover jinx. Ken Griffey, Jr., was among athletes to suffer injury soon after gracing the cover.
Journalism

Stuck in the Shallows: The World on Cable News as Seen from a Hospital Bed

What’s striking is the shallowness. The networks love to air reporters wading around in floods, being blown by hurricanes or bundled up in the snow. But the cause of extreme weather — climate change — is rarely explored.
blog

Roger Nyhus’ Warm Ambassador Sendoff to Barbados

As a "proud Cougar" (Washington State University grad), Ambassador Nyhus promised to load up a suitcase with Cougar Gold and practice "cheese diplomacy" in the Caribbean.
Sports

“Boys in the Boat” and the Politics of the 1936 Berlin Olympics

The Olympics had been designed as a showpiece for the Third Reich. The Olympic torch was carried, for the first time, from Athens to the site of the games. Athletes were greeted by a new Olympic hymn composed by Richard Strauss.
Politics

Iowa is Cold in January. The Presidential Politics is Hot

Iowa is a place where candidacies can catch fire. Or get their comeuppance.
Environment

The Epic Battles to Protect the Olympic Peninsula

The Wild Olympics bill, mired in Congress for years, is wildly popular in these parts, at least when measured against the state’s past wilderness battles.
Religion

Pope Francis: Bless (Not Approve) Same-Sex Relationships

The action is welcome, a correction of what many in the laity think to be a clerical error. It will also be unsettling to influential and entrenched conservatives in the American Catholic hierarchy.
Politics

House Republicans Press Forward on Formal Impeachment Inquiry

Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., ranking Democrat on the House Rules Committee, kicked off floor debate Wednesday, saying: “We are here for one reason and one reason alone: Donald Trump demanded that Republicans impeach and they are going to impeach.”
Politics

Remembering John Kennedy and his Legacies

“We will never laugh again,” columnist Mary McGrory told her friend Daniel Moynihan, to which he replied, “Mary, we will laugh again but we will never be young again.”
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