Gallery: Joel in action through the years
Recent posts on NPI’s Cascadia Advocate and Post Alley
- David Suzuki: Still Fighting for the Planet at 90by Joel Connelly on March 27th, 2026 at 12:07 PM
The renowned geneticist, who studied the fruit fly, has grown increasingly pessimistic about the fate of the earth. He speaks to the climate extremes afflicting his country, and ours, and we need to hear him out.
- How Washington went Deep Blueby Joel Connelly on March 23rd, 2026 at 12:25 PM
The Grand Old Party, in Washington, is far from grand these days.
- Seattle’s Father Ryan Reports on his Meeting with Pope Leo XIVby Joel Connelly on March 20th, 2026 at 1:06 PM
During a lengthy tenure, unusual in the Seattle archdiocese, Fr. Ryan refurbished St. James, banished guitars at Mass, brought in a women’s’ choir, and GLBTQ activists took the pulpit at the Catholic cathedral to read scripture.
- The Rise and Fall of Joe Kentby Joel Connelly on March 19th, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Such views helped to qualify Kent for a top counterterrorism posting in the topsy turbulent territory of Trumpland. But this week he walked away, reasoning that we are buying oil from people we are bombing.
- Dynamic Duo: Washington’s Two Senatorsby Joel Connelly on March 18th, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Murray is 75, and Cantwell is 67. Looking to 2028, when Murray is up, the partnership may well come to an end.