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Getting squirrely in spring
Spring is here, regardless of the sogginess level. Let’s look at the blooming headlines: •”Squirrel attacking residents of…
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No delays, no gimmicks
Last week’s state revenue forecast defined the size of the budget gap legislators must close. Now it’s decision…
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No good defense of DOMA
Seventeen senators joined Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California on Wednesday in sponsoring a bill that would repeal the…
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Move primary for the troops
Chances appear good that starting next year, election season will last a little longer in Washington. That’s a…
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Web may not be so ‘smart’
Maybe it’s only here in the land of “Baby Einstein” videos that one can find the proud headline,…
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Not an exercise in futility
Suddenly, the great theoretical disaster so many Northwesterners kept locked in the back of our conscious minds doesn’t…
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SEC set sights on porn sites
This week includes the start of daylight saving time, St. Patrick’s Day, a full moon, and some kind…
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Legislature’s under a cloud
The more citizens are engaged with their government, whether at the local, state or federal level, the more…
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Who really is the enemy?
A hearing on “homegrown terrorism” in Congress Thursday revealed an ongoing disconnect between fear and actual risk. Since…
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Insightful, optimistic, fair
Washington Post columnist David S. Broder, who died Wednesday at age 81, was a throwback to an earlier…
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Animated character flaws
The tobacco industry, with its endless evil genius campaigns to develop new addicts — the “flavored tobacco pellets,”…
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A not-so-radical solution
Seeking to slap a “radical” label on a sensible, middle-of-the-road deal on workers compensation reform, the Washington Federation…
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Alas, frumpy not yet trendy
Truly, madly, Marchly. Let’s duly and drooly double dribble through the news: •”Frumpy is the new funky“: No,…
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Students need action now
Gov. Chris Gregoire insists that old approaches to reforming education have failed, and that there’s no time to…
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A scratch in the digital world
In our ongoing effort to get cultural prognosticators to “stop declaring things dead already,” we are happy to…
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There’s no problem to solve
What has become a perennial effort to make it harder to get citizen initiatives on the ballot is…
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Critics light on good sense
Politics always manages to bring out the Frosted Flakes, but the ongoing conservative backlash against Michelle Obama’s campaign…
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Citizens deserve answers
After 20 months, a criminal investigation, a trial that yielded two verdicts and a settlement in a civil…
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Lawyers, gags and money
Not even February’s mom mopes over its end. Let’s review the headlines. •“Will you McMarry me? Couple opt…
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Time to get past sideshow
Impressive progress has been made on multiple fronts in the Everett School District. Graduation rates are among the…