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Nobody Wins
We give our law enforcement personnel a literally impossible job. We hire young men (usually) who haven’t experienced…
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Butt Out
When I was a kid, I fantasized about randomly shooting smokers. When my imaginary trial came up, I…
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Zombie Ballot Measures
Four statewide ballot measures apparently have qualified for November: a clean- energy measure (Initiative 937), repeal of the…
Arts & Culture
Startling reflections
A gifted writer takes us into a locked, forgotten world: Washington's prisons.
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A Legacy of Truth
Interviewing Helen Thomas is sort of like preparing dinner for a world-renowned chef. It’s a tad intimidating. It’s…
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How bad is Al?
For most progressives, this presidential election is not a choice between Al Gore and George W. Bush. It…
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Nurse Ratchet ascends
Calls for Mayor Paul Schell to resign or otherwise run away from office will have to wait for…
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Growing the Greens
He’s gotten virtually no national media attention, but there is a progressive candidate other than Ralph Nader running…
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A Storm in the Ports
Are shippers trying to bust the union? If they are, their timing couldn't be better.
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Memo to Mainstream Media
I have a three-word response to the media frenzy that followed revelation of the long-secret identity of Deep…
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Long Live the King
On June 10, during the same week that John Ashcroft was busy in D.C. declaring to Congress that…
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The future of Rainier Valley
(as told to its residents after the fact) Light rail is coming. And in the smoke-free, paradigm-filled backrooms…
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A raw time for race
Since World War II, nation-states, rebel groups, and terrorists alike have routinely killed large numbers of innocent civilians…
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Freedom to clear-cut
Timber barons, locked in a secret room far away from the probing eye of democracy, are dividing up…
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My father’s death
When I walked into the room at 6am and saw the answering machine’s blinking light, I knew who…