OPINION: Washington State’s Vaccine Lottery May Not Be Perfect, But It Works
As if the experience we’ve had with COVID-19 in the past one and a half years hasn’t already been bizarre enough, we now have the possibility of winning a cash […]
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OPINION: Organizations are Making Pride Month About Themselves
I woke up on June 1 and went to Instagram. I saw all these rainbows on my phone screen and saw lots of organizations using the “love is love” phrase. […]
OPINION: Biden’s Policies are Bad for America
Is half a century in career politics enough to prepare someone for the presidency? Apparently not, as Biden’s agenda isn’t rooted in reality and is already proving detrimental for Americans. […]
OPINION: What Not To Do on Memorial Day
Memorial Day is an American holiday to celebrate the lives lost in service. It is celebrated on the last Monday of May and has been observed since 1868. Although Memorial […]
OPINION: Trumpism is Here to Stay in American Politics
Representative Liz Cheney, ever since January 6, has been one of the most outspoken critics of former President Donald Trump. She has consistently denounced the former President’s actions as being […]
OPINION: It’s Time to Stop Being Influenced by Influencers
Using social media is pretty straightforward: pose, edit, post. Millions of people around the world are posing, editing, and posting like it’s a competition. At the head of this movement […]
OPINION: My Second Time With Coronavirus and Why You Should Vaccinate
The first time I had COVID-19, I didn’t know what was happening. It was early March 2020, and I remember thinking that my mononucleosis from years earlier had returned. I […]
OPINION: School Control has Become too Invasive
The Supreme Court is hearing a case that could impact every student in the nation. The case involves 14-year-old cheerleader Brandi Levy in Pennsylvania. She tried out to be a […]
OPINION: Biden’s Bill is a Resolution to Solve Tomorrow’s Problems Today
Infrastructure is the talk of the town in Washington D.C., as President Biden and his party continue to unveil new components of his infrastructure bill. The president’s 2.2 trillion dollar […]
OPINION: The Devil Went Down to Utah
So… we need to talk. Just this Wednesday, Senator Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, called the national voting rights legislation H.R.1 a bill “written in hell by the devil […]
OPINION: Forget Waldo, Where’s Biden?
Every presidential administration has promised transparency and accountability, but controversies, scandals and hidden agendas have seemed to be inseparable from the White House since George Washington and won’t be going […]
OPINION: It’s Risky to Trust Athletes on their Politics
Soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimović, in an interview with Sweden’s Discovery+, spoke critically of LeBron James’ attempts to weave politics into his platform as a basketball player, saying that James should […]
OPINION: Kevin Mather’s Resignation Doesn’t Resolve the Widespread Exploitation of MLB Players for Money
It was a doozy of a day on Feb. 21 when a 46-minute interview between the Bellevue Rotary and Seattle Mariners President Kevin Mather went viral in the baseball community, […]
OPINION: Biden’s Brinksmanship on Iran is Immature and Irresponsible
One of President Biden’s main campaign promises was rejoining the Iran deal, a multilateral agreement negotiated between the US, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Iran in […]
OPINION: Biden’s Brinksmanship on Iran is Immature and Irresponsible
One of President Biden’s main campaign promises was rejoining the Iran deal, a multilateral agreement negotiated between the US, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Iran in […]
OPINION: Marjorie Taylor Greene Should Stay in Congress
In a so-called “bipartisan” vote, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments. However, for many Democrats and some left-leaning Republicans, this isn’t […]
OPINION: Marjorie Taylor Greene Shouldn’t Stay in Congress
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia’s 14th Congressional District Representative, has caused so much controversy that some House Democrats, after stripping her of her committee assignments last week, wish to also see […]
OPINION: Balancing the Budget is Not an Excuse for Obstructionism.
On February 1, Susan Collins and 10 of her Republican colleagues met with President Biden to discuss the new stimulus bill the president wants to pass. Here, we saw a […]
OPINION: The News Shouldn’t be Boring
Since the inauguration of Joe Biden, countless news media outlets have declared news to be “boring” again. The constant negative coverage of the Trump administration has given way to fluff […]
My Experience as a Deaf Student at Bellevue College
I am a new writer for the Watchdog. I intend on transferring to major in history, then continuing through a master’s degree to become a librarian. This may all sound […]