I have a hard time believing that an adult wrote this, let alone an editor of a major newspaper. My high school history teachers (and English teachers) would've been privately amused, before giving "it" a poor grade. Alas, we live in an era when you do not give poor grades "for these sorts of reasons." But, in 1980 "it" was different, lol.
The Seattle Slimes is hardly a "major newspaper." It survives only due to a joint operating agreement with another fishwrap, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (what do you have after you lose intelligence? the P-U).
I terminated my subscription to the Slimes decades ago, and it has not improved since. The sooner this piece of trash goes under, the better. We'll at least save some trees... and maybe some liberals can get some honest employment. Not that such will awaken them.
(Now ask me how I REALLy feel... *\;-)