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Fat times for the fattest cats
What aspect of the American economy continues to grow? The income disparity. When it comes to pay, the…
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No debate: We need both
As of late last week, Community Transit had received more than 1,000 online comments about its three options…
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Naked hikers eschew GPS?
Summer starts this week. Good thing they invented water-resistant sunscreens to wear in the rain. Let’s review the…
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Nurture seed of fiscal sanity
A moment of fiscal sanity was experienced in an unlikely place Thursday: the United States Senate. Whether it…
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Out into a world of choices
As our local high schools wrap up their commencement exercises and band instructors file away the sheet music…
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Let’s be #@!%ing civilized
In our wonderfully diverse society, people have different ideas about what constitutes “civilized” behavior. On Sunday, Robert Sayegh,…
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The road to unaffordability
If you set out to write a formula for societal failure, you’d be hard-pressed to do better than…
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‘Privacy’ plea has its limits
It’s hard not to smile back at the photos released Sunday of a smiling U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords,…
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Best kind of civic activism
Even if the weather doesn’t provide it, plenty of heat can be expected this summer — in election…
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A symbol of community
To be sure, the majestic, 12-story Providence Cymbaluk Medical Tower stands as a symbol of state-of-the-art health care.…
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Veto move to shift funding
With billions of dollars in cuts made to state services, the need to reduce waste and increase efficiency…
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A very happy development
Nearly two years ago, the Snohomish County Council drove a stake through the idea of plopping a mini-city…
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Our ever-oppressive lender
The thing about living in a free country is that even if your nation owes China $1.2 trillion,…
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High court should weigh in
Four times in the past 18 years, Washington voters have shackled legislators with a two-thirds majority requirement for…
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Avast, Tweet like a twit day
Before it became a technology capable of helping foment revolution and topple political regimes, or just another way…
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Not just about market share
AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA, the latest in a long history of wireless-carrier consolidations, is generating some…
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Healthy serving suggestion
Federal officials unveiled the nation’s revamped nutritional guidelines graphic on Thursday, replacing the current “My Pyramid” with the…
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Ideologues play risky game
The divide between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C., has rarely been deeper than it is right now.…
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Don’t cloud issue for voters
Refinement continues in the effort to move state government’s relationship with liquor into the 21st century — out…
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Latest mania has dark side
It seems the entire nation has gone coupon crazy. The popularity of the TLC program “Extreme Couponing” and…