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Choking off Big Tobacco
Over the four decades since the U.S. surgeon general declared tobacco a health hazard, shameless cigarette producers held…
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Keep their purpose narrow
No matter how well traffic-safety cameras reduce accidents and the dangerous driving that causes them, they’ll have their…
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Have thumbs, will text
While cell phones certainly appear to be recession-proof, they are still no match for a hammer.
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Public trust is easy to lose
On the surface, it may seem harmless. Four Mukilteo City Council members, the mayor, the city attorney and…
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Now Boeing’s in it to win it
Lingering doubts about whether the Boeing Co. really wanted to land a $35 billion Pentagon contract for refueling…
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Cure is part of the ailment
Children taking stimulants such as Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are several times more likely to suffer…
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The people offer new hope
Sometimes, as the current election dispute in Iran reminds us, the most effective weapon against tyranny is time.…
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Suspicion goes overboard
Instead of admitting a mistake, Snohomish officials last week clung to their unreasonable suspicion of a university professor…
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Good deal deserves support
Perhaps the most delicate political balancing act in the Northwest is the one between clean, renewable hydropower and…
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Threats mustn’t be dismissed
It’s a tragic, fine line between tolerating crazy cranks and their hate speech and the gunning down of…
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A state of raging moderates
The word is out: We Washingtonians are a bunch of raging moderates. Others — California, at least —…
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Make littering hurt again
How bad is the economy? The economy is so bad that the state’s “Litter and It Will Hurt”…
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Look for robust campaigns
Now that the hats have been thrown into the ring, 2009 shapes up as an interesting local election…
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Looking for fresh ‘expertise’
Those people formerly known as “financial experts” are few and far between these days, for the obvious reasons.
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Inaction threatens prosperity
The Obama administration is wise to frame the upcoming debate over health-care reform as an economic issue. Beyond…
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What sports are all about
If all sports championships were like the Women’s College World Series, we’d want to be in the front…
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Big investment, small role
President Obama insists that the government is a “reluctant shareholder” in General Motors, and that he has no…
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When ‘Learning’ isn’t, really
A cable network calling itself “The Learning Channel” sounds so educational. But TLC is to education as MTV…
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Hold off on KeyBank lease
The debate over whether Everett should upgrade and lease the city-owned KeyBank building to a nonprofit theater group…