Gallery: Joel in action through the years
Recent posts on NPI’s Cascadia Advocate and Post Alley
- Sock It to ’em, Hillaryby Joel Connelly on March 11th, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Hilary Clinton would have made a better president than her spouse. She had the opportunity to shatter the glass ceiling.
- Opportunity for Democrats in Alaska and Montana?by Joel Connelly on March 7th, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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 the small hands and outsized ego of President Donald Trump. An A-list House race appeared this week on political radar screens with news that U.S. Rep. Ryan
- The Fix was In: Montana Senator Withdraws and Engineers his Replacementby Joel Connelly on March 5th, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Retiring Steve Daines is the sixth Republican senator to hang it up in the 2026 cycle, giving Democrats the opportunity to flip seats.
- Mark Carney’s Canada: Open for Business and Fast Moving on from Trumpby Joel Connelly on March 4th, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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.
- Remembering Jesse Jacksonby Joel Connelly on March 1st, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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.