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The Seafair Time Warp
AS YOU READ THIS, we are closer to 2050 than 1950. Unless you’re attending Seafair. For many longtime…
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Busting the Feds
Last month a jury in Kitsap County rendered an astonishing verdict. It was, of course, ignored by the…
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Blowholes and Blowhards
FOR ANYONE WHO considers himself or herself an environmentalist (and that’s a lot of us), the display of…
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We Are Coup-Less
A friend of mine founded and ran a successful small business, employing 100 people. Recently, he sold his…
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One track mind
IT’S SIMPLY too easy to write headlines lampooning the steadily more ludicrous efforts of Sound Transit to build…
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The coming war
THE SERIES OF running battles between activists trying to save what’s left of Ecotopia’s old-growth forest, and timber…
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Things Fall Apart
Last week I was in Canada, where the national media gave noticeably more comprehensive accounts of what was…
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The Toll-Free Call
WHY DOESN’T TIM Eyman just get it over with and propose an initiative that abolishes all our taxes?…
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Hangin’ With the Donkeys
LAST SATURDAY, Feb. 7, I did something I’ve never even considered doing. I showed up at a Democratic…
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Let’s Get Back to Work
In the end, fear trumped hate. And John Kerry never did enough to convince people to vote for…
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Santiago v. Rumsfeld
They lined up down the stairs and out the doors, waiting patiently for the featured act. But it…
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Fighting the Army
Activist Glenn Milner's quiet campaign to educate high school students about alternatives to the military yields astonishing results.
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Satan for governor
The problem with the Prince of Darkness is that he’s really a very likable fellow. I just might…
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Red Alert
Conventional wisdom on this fall’s election is that, as in 2000, it will be decided by a narrow…
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Silent running
For months, the talk around City Hall has been who will run for the City Council post being…
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Theocracy Democracy
CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS have a new martyr. He is Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who first came to public…
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How to End the Cycle
This was inevitable. The gruesome series of explosions ripping through London’s subways and bus systems Thursday, July 7,…
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A Watershed Anniversary
A year ago, we were being prepared for an unprovoked invasion that most of the world virulently opposed.…
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Killing corporations
A movement is quietly taking shape, in Seattle and other cities, to boldly challenge the power of corporations.…