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About those ‘failing’ schools
Bring forth the letters, nondescript and government-issued, like a jury summons or an IRS audit.
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A changing political landscape
On Friday, the sleepiest of news days, a federal Judge named Thomas O. Rice issued a sweeping summary…
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A commission and a calling
Friday marked the five-month anniversary of the deadliest U.S. landslide in recorded history. At 8 a.m. at the…
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An Evergreen fair to remember
No need to ballyhoo: The Evergreen State Fair already is the big kahuna, the harbinger of a new…
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What a free dinner buys you
A generation ago, “legislative ethics” couldn’t pass the straight-face test. Olympia lobbyists looked as if they fell out…
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Coal terminals’ death rattle
For more than a century, three currents animated the American West: the railroads, extractive industries and the federal…
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Justice for child immigrants
A society predicated on justice and fair play gives expression to those values. Words without action fall away.
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Vandal’s ‘Deport Pedro’ sign points to urgency to fix immigration
Political campaigns expect a certain number of the signs that they place in yards and alongside roads to…
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State needs to join others in creating ‘Amber Alert’ system for elders
The heartbreaking death of 89-year-old Everett resident Ethel O’Neil brings into focus the challenge of tracking seniors diagnosed…
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Preserving shellfish — and us
The challenge of galvanizing support for cleaning Puget Sound is undercut by the illusion of beauty. Consider the…
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Take the politics out of trade
International trade has its own architecture. It’s buttressed by good, average and nose-pinching trade agreements with some institutional…
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A playoff berth best way Mariners can thank Lou Piniella
It’s a happy coincidence that the Seattle Mariners’ front office chose early August to honor former manager Lou…
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Diversification at Paine Field
The future of Paine Field is (wisely) predicated on diversification. Managed the right way, its economic blueprint can…
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That catastrophe north of us
Nature is as indifferent to national borders as Americans are consumed by them. The near blackout of U.S.…
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Making a community whole
Life’s mystery is that nothing goes as planned. The heartbreak of the March 22 Oso mudslide gave way…
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Ensuring community health
In the non-governmental sphere, community health is elemental, a matter of life or death.
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Some of the people have spoken
“The people have spoken. Damn ‘em,” the late Mo Udall said (Udall may have used more colorful language,…
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The other way to get ‘elected’
The American political system, freighted by special-interest money, is still bracingly democratic. Just ask local, post-primary-surviving Republican and…
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Tree plan demands pushback
It’s the nature of government that, like an overzealous barber, it tackles a job and then some.
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Technology can’t crash system
Sometimes a bit of technology can fry the circuits of the legislative and judicial branches.