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Trending toward The End
It’s the time of year for various “best of” and “worst of” lists, like the top movies, the…
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Enron’s unplanned benefit
Lawmaking is a continuum. No teeth, no follow through, and public policy dissolves into tensile and noise. For…
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Looking for a fresh voice
The unexpected resignation of veteran Everett City Councilmember Arlan Hatloe on Wednesday marks a shift in the political…
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Tackling an ocean menace
The challenge of galvanizing support for cleaning Puget Sound is undercut by the illusion of beauty. Like a…
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The looming fiscal cliff
The fiscal cliff is no abstraction, cliff deniers notwithstanding. “There would be a normal, relatively short-term increase in…
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‘Sigh-burr Monday’ sales?
Cyber Monday? Oh. Well, Cider Monday still sounds like a better idea. Hot, spiced, or “spiced.” Enjoy a…
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The start of taxing season
Benjamin Franklin meant to insert an asterisk after scribbling, “Nothing can be said to be certain, except death…
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Don’t cheapen the holidays
The government’s not the only one that drops billions of dollars in one fell swoop.
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China’s massive appetite
President Obama, on a four-day visit this week to Thailand, Burma and Cambodia, underscored his administration’s “pivot” toward…
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Making housing a reality
Housing stitches together community, so foundational it’s a given, like breathing. In fact, security of property and housing…
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Scams abound after storm
Long before Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Northeast with devastating winds and drenching rain, opportunistic con-artists were busy…
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Preserving a city’s history
Clio, the Greek muse of history, has put the City of Smokestacks to the test. A series of…
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The need for a longer lens
To every story, a creation myth. Americans believe that goosing domestic coal production spurs energy independence. No matter…
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Make offices nonpartisan
Post-traumatic election fatigue. Symptoms include flashbacks of an alabaster Rob McKenna and hard-hatted Jay Inslee wrestling to Wagner’s…
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Immigration reform now
In the verve and anarchy of the campaign season, immigration reform devolves into code words. The pronoun “they”…
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Cheetos still remain legal
Election wrap-up: The phrase “the popular vote” still causes a good many citizens to have unhappy flashbacks of…
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A need for straight talk
There is an historical perk to serving as Washington’s governor — your own gilt-framed portrait that hangs in…
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Bridging the digital divide
Today our assignment (and yours) is to define the economic divide in our country in educational terms, (or…