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Why Arnold Matters

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Why Arnold Matters

The Terminator is such a tool (against democracy).

Another Inconvenient Truth

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Another Inconvenient Truth

Gridlock as side effect: Solving it won't cure unlimited urban growth.

Remembering the Goodtimes.

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EMP: weird, fascinating, and maybe even profound.

I HAD A CHANCE to check out the Experience Music project last week, seeing the blob from the…

Kids Love Trains

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Kids Love Trains

When it comes to taking charge of the monorail, Seattle lacks adult supervision.

Mossbacks to Remember

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Mossbacks to Remember

An annual salute to folks who helped shape the Northwest before departing in 2003.

Turn-of-the-century affordable housing: We live in an increasingly hollowed-out Northwest.

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Stumped by growth

The quiet war against the land continues.

That Elusive Outrage

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That Elusive Outrage

The media are reporting plenty of scandals, but no one seems to care.

Outside the Box

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Outside the Box

The Bellevue Art Museum learns it's not always a good place to be.

Racing Down the Slippery Slope

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Racing Down the Slippery Slope

What's after gay marriage? Polygamy? Bring it on.

Gary Locke has a dream... (...and it's very, very boring).

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Gary Locke has a dream… (…and it’s very, very boring).

IF YOU WERE a hardworking manager of a state agency, you were rewarded last week by getting to…

Washington Gov. John Rankin Rogers took on the robber barons and led a third-party reform movement. Could it happen again?

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A Populist Paradise?

Hanging together or hanging separately: secession and politics in the struggle for Ecotopia.

Near Nagoya, the planet's other nations celebrate nature. The U.S. celebrates Benjamin Franklin.

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U.S. to Earth: Drop Dead

'Nature's wisdom' is on display at a world's fair in Japan. But Bush's America is not keen on…

The Sanctity of the Dying Room

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The Sanctity of the Dying Room

Let's pull the plug on playing politics with Terri Schiavo.

Purple People Eaters

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Purple People Eaters

The Democrats cannot gain control of Congress by denigrating the suburbs.

Worse Than the Gilded Age

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Worse Than the Gilded Age

Yearning for the days of the old-time robber barons.

How the future looked in 1962 and how it looks now.

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How the future looked in 1962 and how it looks now.

WATCHING THE NEW Frank Gehry blob take shape at the foot of the Space Needle is exciting; it…

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Roll On, Columbia

I’M NEVER GOING into space. This is a big disappointment. I grew up in the era of the…

Bush's Broadcast Barbarians

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Bush’s Broadcast Barbarians

It's time to defend public television again, but let's demand something better in return.

Three Smart, Small Steps

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Three Smart, Small Steps

It's an off year, but this election is a real opportunity to steer public policy.

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I’D BE A HYPOCRITE to bash the Internet book business. Mossback’s stump

I’D BE A HYPOCRITE to bash the Internet book business. Mossback’s stump is lined with books acquired from…