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September 03, 2008: Headlines

Northwest national candidates through the ages

Posted Wed, Sep 3, 6 p.m.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is hardly the first from this corner of the country to run for one of the highest offices, but those who made it to the general election are relatively few.

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Stymied by mosquitoes and bacteria

Posted Wed, Sep 3, midnight

Impatient for solutions to AIDS, tuberculosis, and infectious disease, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation put out a call for anyone who thought they had an idea — and more than 4,000 poured forth. A second request for grant applications goes out today.

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The case for Sarah Palin

Posted Wed, Sep 3, midnight

The Alaska governor is dead center in the mainstream of middle class American life, argues a conservative Crosscut contributor.

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