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Civic Amnesia

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Civic Amnesia

Seattle's got a serious memory problem.

Owen's Ego Trips

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Owen’s Ego Trips

The lieutenant governor's adventures in 'mission creep' are costing us real money.

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Rules of the road

Governor Locke, there is a traffic emergency in Seattle. I suggest we immediately convene a regionwide summit to…

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Big Brother’s Bitch

ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, a guy I knew at Battelle Northwest Labs attended a government briefing on spy-satellite…

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M. L. King-maker

Can Larry Gossett's plan for a new county logo make it in the post-695 world?

David Shields: Waking Seattle up to the Mobile, Alabama, within.

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Seattle’s race problem

SEATTLE IS A PLACE where white people like to pretend that race doesn’t matter. Despite the fact that…

Crock the Vote!

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Crock the Vote!

The media shouldn't be your nanny when it comes to voting.

The Age of Treason

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The Age of Treason

Just who is selling America out?

In Defense of Pat Robertson

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In Defense of Pat Robertson

Why is it so wrong to speculate that God smote Sharon?

A Big SWAT for Ron Sims

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A Big SWAT for Ron Sims

The King County election task force report delivers a blow.

The Year of Living Stupidly

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The Year of Living Stupidly

It's time to tell ourselves we're doing a heckuva job.

Alternate Realities

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Alternate Realities

The matriarch of Seattle and the patriarch of Phoenix meet again.

Arts & Culture

Serial Killer

Patrick O'Brian prepares to end his Aubrey-Maturin saga—maybe.

When Carroll ruled the roost: The county prosecutor is second from the left.

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Blown Coverage

Neither daily paper gave Charles O. Carroll his due as an unduly powerful prosecutor.

Bush No, Levies Yes

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Bush No, Levies Yes

New Hampshires campaign is good news for Dems. And heres reluctant support for Seattles school levies.

Before the fiasco: The camera catches Paul Schell's last smile.

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Schell shocked

How a free-trade photo op turned into a politician's nightmare.

The Faith of Journalism

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The Faith of Journalism

A heathen editor confronts his own 'religion.'

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It’s the law, stupid

In the feds' antitrust case, Microsoft runs afoul of the big, dumb world.

The state's Y2K center: ready for anything—and nothing.

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No panic in Tumwater

What if they gave an apocalypse and nobody came?

Globalizing Puget Sound

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Globalizing Puget Sound

Beware bipartisan preaching of the regional prosperity gospel.