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Corruption, stripped bare
Lower your voice. Send the kids into the other room.
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Edmonds is an arts town
Edmonds, like Bothell, is a case study of a city that works. A Rockwell-esque downtown, priceless views of…
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DOMA is thankfully done
The Defense of Marriage Act was discrimination enshrined in law, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday. The U.S.…
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Climate and the coal trains
Government is a curious beast. For decades, the feds subsidized tobacco farmers while warning consumers that it would…
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Larry Nyland’s judgment
Judgment is the most elusive leadership quality. It’s also the most critical — a value informed by empirical…
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No picture-perfect reality
While the news about Rep. Mike Hope’s shirtless photos certainly garnered a lot of attention, an earlier report…
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United for transportation
The windfall of Tuesday’s $121 million revenue forecast should accelerate passage of Washington’s operating budget. Within hours of…
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Moniz’s Hanford baptism
For Ernest Moniz, today is baptism-by-Hanford. Elbowed by Sen. Maria Cantwell, the newly minted U.S. Energy Secretary pledged…
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Government’s moral test
Faith is part of the political mosaic, whether it’s Ayn Rand-inspired self-worship or Christian Fundamentalism. In Washington, where…
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Hypocrisy at the wheel
Many years and dozens of studies ago, the National Safety Council called for a ban on all phoning-and-driving,…
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Balancing security, privacy
Lawmakers have an elastic interpretation of “probable cause.” Cast a wide enough net by indiscriminately corralling emails, social…
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Get on with the budget
Another week, another special legislative session. As Dorothy Parker wrote, “What fresh hell is this?”
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Citizens changing the law
The Washington Legislature is a slow-motion train wreck (when the second special session is called Wednesday, prepare for…
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United Way’s innovation
The United Way of Snohomish County is one of those community totems, more nimble and effective than many…
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Of arsenic and old mills
The old Kimberly-Clark mill is a minds-eye outline, all dust and grit.
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Sticking to primary jobs
If a company aspires to be great at something, it probably can’t be great at everything.