Seattle's school closure proposal is a really dumb way to make policy
Posted Wed, Nov 26, 10:17 a.m.
It puts school closures ahead of much more important policy decisions, and it is a poor way to solve budget problems.
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November 26, 2008: Headlines
Seattle's recycling program runs into plunging prices
Posted Wed, Nov 26, 6 a.m.
When world prices for metals and paper were riding high, Seattle had a little gold mine shipping out its recyclables. Then the prices sank by as much as 75 percent. Gold mine became a black hole.
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What Somali pirates can learn from Walla Walla and Wall Street
Posted Wed, Nov 26, 7 a.m.
Washington's death row inmates and corporate fat cats are employing strategies that could come in handy for seagoing brigands.
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Making sense of unprecedented times
Posted Wed, Nov 26, 6 a.m.
Despite all the economic turmoil and the rapid pace of the transition, Obama is inspiring confidence, and the outlines of his first year are taking shape.
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