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We bombed in Seattle
I didn’t wait till the WTO came to town, the nitroglycerin arrived from Canada, or the year turned…
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Publisher’s prerogative
A LITTLE SYMPATHY, please, for Frank Blethen. “Ultraliberal, pro-labor” Seattle has so vexed this publisher, he threatens to…
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Ten years after
There amidst the junk mail was a pleasant surprise: Sam L., who stayed with me when he got…
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America sticks
WAR HAS COME to the post office, and some East Coast media operators are hiding from the carrier…
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Radio Revolution or Airwave Anarchy?
NPR and the broadcast barons fight the FCC's attempt to make pirate radio legit and let a thousand…
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The color of money
Everyone gets ticked off at his or her bank sometimes. But imagine how Rodrick Gatterson and Azizi Ansari…
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Supreme showdown
Europe, Canada, the feds, and the tanker industry gang try to sink Washington's oil-spill protection.
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Environment
MEASURE FOR TREASURE A few traffic-shocked exurbanites, Republican legislators, and the odd shopping-mall magnate have renewed the perennial…
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No, we can’t talk
This election season has brought an upsurge in what used to be a rare phenomenon: candidates and campaigners…
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Let Her Eat Dirt
Two months ago, Hansa, the Woodland Park Zoo’s baby-elephant star, became a problem child and a cause c鬨bre.…
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695 surprises
It was last January when I first talked to the engaging Tim Eyman, the cocreator (with car dealer…
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Cruising Is Bruising
As the Port seeks more cruise ships, critics decry inconsistent environmental regs.
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High school: Tests and tribulations
KOSOVAR REFUGEES weren’t the only hordes scrambling for berths early this month. Early on Saturday, June 5, thousands…
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A better car tax
Judging by the initiatives that get filed and passed, the most dire menace facing the good people of…
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Amazon.come-on
It seems a little retrograde, now that the markets have recognized Amazon.com as the e-world’s Wal-Mart (or Nordstrom),…
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The people’s monikers
Move over, Safeco. The envelopes have been opened and the pigeons debanded, and we’ve tallied all the proposed…