Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Mon, Sep 14, 6 a.m.
Independents and relatively conservative men are shifting dramatically, alarmed that Obama is turning out to be an expand-the-government liberal. And it's not just Obama who is falling in the polls. Just ask Sen. Patty Murray.
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Posted Fri, Jun 12, 6 a.m.
In an urgent time, President Obama still lacks many key top-level appointments in his government. In Britain, nearly all those appointments are accomplished just days after the election. Time to import some British goods?
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Posted Thu, May 28, 6 a.m.
The media, and the Republicans, have been gleefully obsessed with self-flagellation. If the GOP is going to regain respect, it has to have distinctive answers to the big problems of the day. Here are some examples.
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Posted Fri, May 8, 6 a.m.
Obama may be making two mistakes from over-confidence: not trying to reach out to Republicans in Congress, and leaving the crafting of major legislation to the Democratic barons. Look for a modest revival of the GOP in the next election.
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Posted Mon, May 4, 6 a.m.
She lived up to her pledge not to raise taxes. But doesn't she have a higher obligation to the state's welfare?
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Posted Thu, Apr 30, 6 a.m.
The liberal agenda fared poorly and business interests did surprisingly well, despite the lopsided Democratic majorities. Here's why.
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Posted Tue, Apr 28, 6 a.m.
The Seattle novelist and expert on Martin Luther King Jr. believes that Obama's election is a sea-change moment for America and the world. "So we have evolved in terms of our understanding that excellence is colorblind."
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Posted Mon, Mar 30, 6 a.m.
The Governor, who once talked about using crises to implement big changes, has gone low-key. Lately, however, she's hinted at a possible change on her stand on taxes.
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Posted Wed, Mar 4, 6 a.m.
His politically dangerous overreach, pushing an ambitious domestic agenda in a time of severe economic downturn, has galvanized Republicans
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Posted Mon, Mar 2, 6 a.m.
Comparisons with presidencies that produced historic changes in direction are overstated. More like a rebalancing seems in the cards.
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Posted Mon, Feb 16, 6 a.m.
A repeat of last February's primer on Bushonomics, when the apparent solution to our economic problems was to create more of whatever caused them. Bears repeating today, alas.
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Posted Sun, Feb 15, 11:09 a.m.
Among the lessons: you can't have bipartisanship without substantive common ground, and both Congressional parties are going to be hard to control.
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Posted Thu, Feb 12, 6 a.m.
After almost a decade of being out of step, the national and local world views are finally in sync.
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Posted Thu, Feb 5, 4:37 p.m.
With three of his appointments withdrawn and a stimulus package that provides too little short-term stimulus, Obama is feeling his way haltingly as president.
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Posted Tue, Feb 3, 11:31 a.m.
What kind of career politician fails to skimp on personal taxes?
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Posted Wed, Jan 21, 6 a.m.
Congressional Democrats, including from this state, have stalled out trade talks. President Obama has gone silent on the key issues of trade liberalization. You'd think business leadership would be ringing alarm bells.
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Posted Sun, Jan 18, 1:13 p.m.
From one who's been part of several, inside and out, reflections on the context, the Speech, and the parties.
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Posted Thu, Jan 15, 6 a.m.
A close look at the recent local election finds a strongly Democratic urban core, a moderate and independent suburban ring, and a Republican exurbia. Obama took some non-Democratic territory, but with weak coattails, and Rob McKenna captured some Democratic defectors.
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Posted Wed, Jan 14, 6 a.m.
In comparing the current economic crisis to the Great Depression, the attacks on poor old Herbert Hoover's legacy have begun again. That's a faulty revision of history, and President-elect Barack Obama's transition team would do well to know why.
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Posted Tue, Jan 13, 6:59 a.m.
The economic climate requires action, but the political climate so far is prompting criticisms and changes.
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Posted Sat, Nov 14, 6 a.m.
The departure of two top Obama aides in the past week raises questions about how the president will handle big policy issues on his plate.
MOREPosted Tue, Feb 17, 1 p.m.
Helpful Canadians compile a discography for the First IPod
MOREPosted Mon, Jan 26, 3 p.m.
Improvising amid the crowds, a visitor finds the real satisfaction of the Inauguration was meeting a diverse set of people who turned it into a local festival.
MOREPosted Thu, Jan 22, noon
One was in 1969, where the real action was in the protest InHoguration. It took 40 years to have a celebration for all of us.
MOREPosted Wed, Jan 21, 2:31 p.m.
Walking, freezing, waiting, shouting "Darwin!," despairing. What a day!
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 20, 9:09 p.m.
For some who came to see Obama's big moment, the Inauguration became a giant SNAFU.
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 20, 4:47 p.m.
Obama thoughts while watching flocks of songbirds wheeling in a cold south wind.
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 20, 6 a.m.
Trains are passing stations, too jammed to stop. We're walking (it's only five miles)
MOREPosted Sun, Jan 4, 12:43 p.m.
The Richardson case does not look good for this longtime public servant.
MOREPosted Sat, Jan 3, 3 p.m.
Is Portland the "beardiest" city in America? Should Prince William shave his new whiskers? And what will the impact of a baby-faced Obama be on facial hair fashion?
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