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Session promises still to keep
First, do no harm. For legislators, there is no Hippocratic Oath because harm is relative.
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Get spying under control
As Congress and the CIA continue their once-secret, now-public brouhaha over the spy agency spying on Congressional computers,…
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Why politics must fall away
Twenty-six years ago, then-Sen. Bennett Johnston, a conservative Democrat from Louisiana and the chairman of the Energy and…
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A season for bills to die, live
To everything, there is a good-government season; a time to keep, and a time to cast away.
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Abolish daylight saving time
Daylight Saving Time is an anachronism that should have gotten the heave-ho 70 years ago. Northwesterners understand that…
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As railroads replace pipelines
Life felt simpler when North Dakota was known primarily for ice fishing, Lawrence Welk and the Norsk Hostfest…
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Addressing the real problem
State senators contemplating the juvenile justice system have demonstrated that it’s possible to be compassionate and level-headed at…
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OK ‘kill switch’ for phones
What 21st century currency is wreaking havoc on the global economy and society? No, not the Bitcoin. But…
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Hanford apathy is hazardous
Concern over the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the most contaminated place in the Western Hemisphere, tracks with headlines of…
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Key bills are down to the wire
Trust us, it will come together. That’s the rule-bending, finish-line mantra of Olympia heavyweights juggling multiple interests and…
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Fix budget’s sin of omission
In an act of sublime vapidity, the state Senate has whacked funding for the Life Sciences Discovery Fund…
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Ramping up for McCleary
Sixty years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas wrote without irony that “Washington has made education…
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It feels good, but don’t do it
There is a pathway lined with good intentions, and we all know where it leads. Compassionate state Senators…
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A lot more than a nuisance
Here’s another reason you cannot keep your doctor, even you if really, really like him or her: He…
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Breathe life into the morgue
Snohomish County Executive John Lovick’s management style distilled into four words: Bring in the adults.
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Hagel’s budget, NW realities
The trouble with peace, it seems, is it doesn’t always pencil out.
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Preserving a natural legacy
A wooded bog. A 90-something investor and 80-something co-developer playing by the rules. All around, neighbors and biologists…
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Sochi’s case should be the last
Wonderful things flowed from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic games, including the rise of hometown pride T.J. Oshie…
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On the road to dysfunction
It’s as painful as psychotherapy. The excruciating tug-of-war over state transportation is peeling away minor issues and stripping…
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Fill stomachs to feed minds
In the miasma of McCleary-decision mandates for K-12 funding, basic questions get obscured. Questions such as, “how do…