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Transparency put at risk
Emotions over Referendum 71, the effort to overturn Washington’s expanded domestic partnership law, have put at odds two…
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A life of active compassion
Eunice Kennedy Shriver led a life full of compassionate action. Shriver, who died Tuesday at 88, lived such…
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Shouting won’t get us far
Our representative democracy didn’t become a model for the world by keeping quiet. Heated debate and passionate protest…
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China a very serious lender
A country doesn’t become a Global Economic Superpower by messing around. Thus, on Friday, China executed the former…
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Utter, Gough for fall ballot
First-term Lynnwood Mayor Don Gough is being challenged for re-election by three veteran City Council members. To fairly…
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Walser, Ruth should face off
The recession has put most local government budgets in tough shape, but the city of Monroe faces more…
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Bonuses compound insanity
Americans can be forgiven for being hyper-cynical and super dubious and for bringing the existing health care system…
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Here come the demagogues
Polls show anxiety rising over health-care reform, and the demagogues are responding by revving up their spin machines.…
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Our world is upside down
Snow storms in the winter. A hot spell in the summer. For the love of KIRO Chief Meteorologist…
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Getting behind a good idea
With all the shouting on Capitol Hill over health-care reform, the hearing-aid industry might come away the biggest…
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Creativity’s been grounded
The struggling airline industry continues to distinguish itself by being incapable of producing an original idea: How to…
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Top priority: control costs
The details of health-care reform are so complicated, the ramifications so broad, that even the experts have trouble…
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Fix mountainous oversight
Pristine lawns and gardens are the pride and joy of many Washington residents. The soothing greens and colorful…
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Safety takes the back seat
We look back in horror and condescension at the bad old days when unseatbelted people (with perhaps a…
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Our region offers solutions
If health care reform doesn’t get a handle on spiraling costs, it will fail. Medicare and Medicaid are…
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Finally … reasons to cheer
Despite all the recent sunshine, dark clouds still hover over the economy. If you’re one of the thousands…
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Uninspiring progress so far
Congress has taken its first swings at health-care reform, and they’ve been ruled foul. Not barely foul; way…
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Let the gouging resume
When a New Hampshire man who used his debit card to buy a pack of cigarettes was charged…
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Fairness must be ensured
Lost amid the dizzying details of health-care reform is a central point that Washington’s congressional delegation has been…