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Nickels Turns on a Dime
It was straight out of the movies. A tough, purposeful mayor strides to the podium and delivers his…
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10 things Gary Locke could do if he had a spine!
DEAR GARY, OK, we know you’re up for reelection this fall. And so far you’ve been pretty popular,…
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News Clips— Ads of the week
LAST WEEK, Mayor Paul Schell became the first mayoral candidate to unveil ads for this year’s campaign. In…
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Sea Sacked
COME THE FIRST of the year, the Washington State Ferries (WSF) system is poised to stop selling food…
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Wrecking Social Security
Investing in the stock market is a mug’s game. My father, a Ph.D. psychologist intent on getting a…
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Romper Room
REMEMBER, WAY BACK in December 2000, after the U.S. Supreme Court finally stole, er, ruled that George W.…
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How not to save salmon
Next week, the federal government is expected to officially list the Puget Sound chinook under the Endangered Species…
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Citizen Miller
The events of this past week’s inquest into the death of Robert Lee Thomas Sr., at the hands…
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Books or banks?
One of the more curious bursts of civic activism recently is taking place up on Beacon Hill, where…
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Post-partisan depression
IT WAS A LONG TIME—since Clinton beat Dole, to be precise—since state voters faced as unappealing a choice…
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Leaping to conclusions
AT LAST. A national news story that makes Seattle look awful, and Paul Schell has nothing to do…
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Nukes, no hoops, for Christmas
On Christmas in Impoliticsland, we got two gifts: one good, one bad. The good gift was the decision…
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They Protest Too Much
On Sept. 24, a couple thousand people gathered at Westlake Park for a rally and march to the…
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Mourning in America
THE PEOPLE of the United States were subjected to a second attack last week— a media attack of…
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Klamath’s crisis
ENVIRONMENTALISM is in a crisis—one that far transcends the hostility of an oil-soaked White House. How it got…
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Kids and violence
This week, I had been planning to write a column on the creeping increase in corporate presence in…
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No Peace in the Parks
Despite cancellation of this summer's concerts planned for Gas Works Park, the revolt isn't over in many corners…