Editorials / Opinion

I appreciate Janet Tu’s article “Microsoft to restrict contractor access” [Microsoft Pri0, July 19] but I would like to point out a few matters. It’s important to get the whole picture and not take whatever Microsoft says at face value. Because of a successful class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, which was settled in 2000, Microsoft worried…

Science education should start earlier Here we go again. Time and again, Bill Gates and his ilk look to high schools and colleges to bring up student achievement in math and science [“Science, math education backers find friends in U.S. Capitol,” NWWednesday, March 20]. Yet, since the state doesn’t test students in science until eighth…

Possible conflicts of interests should be defused I agree with U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene that her background does not present a conflict of interest with her current role [“Foreign workers’ visas familiar issue for DelBene,” NWSunday, March 3]. In fact, it would be an advantage in understanding the intricacies of current immigration law. However, I take…

State employees get cuts while foreigners get free tuition Why does the state feel it is so beneficial to give tuition breaks to foreign professionals, their spouses and children? I am an employee at the University of Washington, and my wife and I receive a tuition exemption. My children — who are now at and close to…

John Lok / The Seattle Times Microsoft announced last week the company will cut 5,000 jobs in the next 18 months. At far right is the West Campus, which is under construction. What it means to invest “seed capital” Editor, The Times: Ditto to The Seattle Times editorial about Microsoft’s layoffs ["Microsoft's layoffs: challenge, opportunity," Jan. 24]. Microsoft was…