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Scott St. Clair

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Sparks in Spokane: a GOP odyssey

The definitive report on the Washington State Republican Convention, as witnessed by Crosscut's resident elephant. There was a little friction, and it will be a tough autumn, but the GOP looks forward to a competitive gubernatorial race.

GOP journal: Report from a county convention

Fair-weather Republicans drifted off as the day unfolded, and rules are rules: Without a quorum, King County's party didn't finish the business at hand.

Washington's GOP ain't dead yet

A delegate to the state convention talks about what he sees at the grass roots: diverse, enthusiastic, and newly active Republicans who are devoted to reviving and, as necessary, redefining the party.

How William F. Buckley rescued me from lefty Bellingham

Through the pages of National Review one spring morning at Western Washington University, he brought me out of the darkness of liberal mush and into the light of conservative freedom.

Scott St. Clair is a freelance writer and activist who plays his bagpipe and looks at the world from his home in Kirkland, Wash. He recently became affiliated with the Evergreen Freedom Foundation as an investigative journalist, which frees him to become a former executive search consultant - even in late middle-age, we get second chances. He can be reached at scottstc@comcast.net.
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Mossback » Channeled scablands.

More fun than Deliverance!

Spend your summer vacation in Eastern Washington, an exotic locale where lakes are slippery, the Scablands surprising, and wheat farmers are smashing stuff for fun.

RFK Jr.'s plot to destroy the planet

Our cultural amnesia

Arts Beat »

The executive director of PONCHO is fired

The Seattle arts organization's board relieved Gordon Hamilton of his duties at a meeting on Friday, July 18. Says the board's president: "The strategic direction of PONCHO is changing."

Tobias Wolff reflects on his upbringing by a brutal stepfather

Melinda Bargreen now reviewing concerts for KING-FM

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Business / Technology »

Are WaMu shareholders about to get another haircut?

Earnings report is due next Tuesday, and it may require sale of more equity, at a discount, to cover expected losses.

Seattle's dailies and a union get down to it

My day with the ranchers

Politics / Government »

An overview of statewide races in Washington

Thirty-eight people are running for nine statewide elected positions in Washington. The field will be winnowed to 18 candidates by the Aug. 19 top-two primary.

Crapping on Seattle

School integration, after the Seattle decision

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Lifestyle / Leisure »

Sausage Links, pot, farms, and medicine edition

Count on the alt-weeklies to provide blow-by-blow coverage of the recent medical marijuana bust illegal search and seizure. Dominic Holden at The Stranger has the story about the incident — along with copies of the police report and the arresting officer's search warrant. According to the reports, Seattle Police officers tore down a wall while searching for an illegal pot-growing operation that didn't exist, while seizing bags of marijuana and medical records. The folks at Seattlest would like to remind the SPD that medical marijuana has been legal in Washington for nearly 10 years. ...

The black critic who dares to dis hiphop

A new cure for affordable housing: small cottages

Sports »

New name for the Sonics: Oklahoma City Thunder, says a TV station

So says a source, confirmed by this fact: "The registrar for all of the NBA's Internet domain names reserved okcthunderbasketball.com and okcthunderbasketball.net on July 10."

A long-odds referendum could reverse the city's settlement with the Sonics

Jim Moore: Maybe it's time to trade Ichiro

Flip Side »

Editorial cartoonists join the endangered list at newspapers

Ranks are thinning as papers cut costs and shift to syndicated cartoons. Seattle P-I's David Horsey also laments Bush fatigue: "there was not anything particularly funny or clever left to say about this guy being incompetent or disastrous."

David Horsey replies with McCain cartoon spoofing New Yorker cover

Jerry Springer's sea of troubles

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