British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, 'The best government is one that desires to make the people happy and knows how to make them happy.” That standard is clearly not what people are experiencing in Washington state.

The unemployment insurance tax relief being hurried through the state Legislature, in part at the behest of Gov. Jay Inslee, might be a start, but it falls short of a complete fix.

How many times, especially in the last year, have you found yourself saying, 'I just don't understand Mr. Market?” I certainly had more than a few, even after 25 years and countless hours of studying markets. The often counter-intuitive nature of