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Telling the truth about torture

Posted Tue, Nov 17, 6 a.m.

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, now an advocate for release of U.S. interrogation records, says he didn't change sides. The truth did.

Most kids left behind

Posted Fri, Nov 13, 6 a.m.

By Dick Lilly

New evidence shows that the Bush administration's famous "No Child Left Behind" education law creates standards that aren't really standards, with unfair and exasperating outcomes for the nation's students.

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Like a natural disaster, without the upside

Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6 a.m.

By Austin Jenkins

When an economic engine like Boeing snubs your state on your watch, there's not much for a governor like Chris Gregoire to do. Just take the hit and try to move on.

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Horizon Bank and the fate of Fairhaven Highlands

Posted Mon, Oct 26, 6 a.m.

By Bob Simmons

Preservationists worry that the character of Bellingham's historic neighborhood rides on the FDIC's willingness to enforce its own order restricting a controversial development.

It's like a full-time gig

Posted Mon, Oct 19, 6 a.m.

By Michele Matassa Flores

Navigating the unemployment system is no easy task ... for people seeking jobs, hiring, or even those advising the applicants. Anybody need a professional hoop-jumper?

Seattle, toward a 'MetroNation'

Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Brookings' Bruce Katz argues in a UW talk that this "metro" can help lead the U.S. toward a new, more prosperous economy.

Score one for Seattle's historic nuke site

Posted Sun, Oct 4, 7:10 p.m.

By Knute Berger

The University of Washington's Nuclear Reactor Building has won a place on the National Historic Register, a key step in saving this wonderfully designed structure from demolition.

What would Jane Jacobs do about the Viaduct?

Posted Fri, Oct 2, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The patron saint of livable, walkable cities is being invoked on both sides of the debate over Seattle's Viaduct solution. Would Jacobs be a tunnel supporter, or a surface option fan?

Bigger lessons in the Green River floodplain

Posted Wed, Sep 30, 6 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

'Flood control is an oxymoron,' one expert says. Maybe, instead of spending so much money trying to control our rivers, we should buy out property owners and let the water run free.

'Just Do It' can be taxing in D.C.

Posted Wed, Sep 23, 6 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

Why making progress on health care, foreign affairs and the financial system is harder than it looks.

Justice for sale

Posted Thu, Sep 17, 6 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Sandra Day O'Connor, visiting Seattle, argues for scrapping the state's judicial elections, making judges appointed. Ain't gonna happen.

Obama sticks with the Bush approach on Columbia River salmon

Posted Tue, Sep 15, 3:34 p.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Salmon advocates had expected a move toward study of breaching dams as a remedy for declining runs on the Snake and Columbia. Instead, they got a "split-the-baby" decision that may please neither side of this hot political issue.

NOAA's move to Newport hits a legal snag

Posted Thu, Aug 27, 10:56 p.m.

By Bob Simmons

Port of Bellingham attorneys have discovered a federal restriction, dating back to Jimmy Carter times, banning the location of new federal buildings on wetlands and flood plains. Guess what Newport sits on?

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Why Bellingham lost the NOAA competition

Posted Fri, Aug 21, 6 a.m.

By Bob Simmons

Port Commissioners are briefed on how Bellingham and Newport compare, as prospective new homes for the research ships. That was a tie, but the Oregon city won the match by putting money on the table. Bellingham decides not to challenge the ruling.

Can we stop NOAA from departing Seattle?

Posted Wed, Aug 5, 2:26 p.m.

By Jean Godden

Soon we will know why NOAA picked Newport, which one would have thought ranked dead last in the criteria. Then may come a long-shot effort at reversing the strange decision.

The NOAA exodus: What went wrong?

Posted Wed, Aug 5, 6 a.m.

By Bob Simmons

Taken by surprise, some members of the Washington D.C. delegation are preparing to challenge the decision moving NOAA from Seattle to Newport, Oregon. It's a particularly tough blow for Bellingham, whose ambitious waterfront revival was counting on the NOAA fleet.

Newport's rendezvous with NOAA

Posted Tue, Aug 4, 6:02 p.m.

By Floyd McKay

Its stunning raid of Seattle-based NOAA ships culminates a story going back 40 years, and rewards some smart economic planning

Solving a Chinese puzzle

Posted Fri, Jul 24, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Gary Locke seems to be hands-on in helping to solve the diplomatic problem of U.S. expo participation in Shanghai.

Was the moon-walk misbegotten?

Posted Thu, Jul 16, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Forty years ago, we all experienced something we've tried to duplicate ever since: an inspiring global moment that was both scientific and spiritual. But even then, some of us were of two minds about the moon landing.

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Celebrating the Northwest's floating world

Posted Wed, Jun 24, 4 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Maritime advocates are looking to have Congress declare most of Washington's coastline, including Puget Sound, a National Heritage Area. It could be a boon for tourism, preservation, and the marine industry itself.

Other media

Feds deny appeal to NOAA decision to move fleet to Oregon Seattle had protested that the Newport site was on a flood plain, but the GAO turned down the appeal for being filed too late.

SEATTLE TIMES

Joel Connelly: Health care putting Obama to the test Quoting Rep. Jim McDermott, the columnist says the president's political skills and resolve are being tested. "We're not dealing with a Lyndon Johnson, who had a book on everybody," McDermott says. "We're going to discover how good he really is."

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Ross Douthat: The catastrophic option Under the health care plan taking shape in Congress, fewer people will be uninsured, For those already covered by their employers, premiums will skyrocket. So what's the next fix?

NEW YORK TIMES

Portland's liberal congressman grows frustrated with Obama For Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who campaigned hard for the president and thought a new progressive era was in the offing, this year has been a test of faith.

NEW YORK TIMES

Names of Ref 71 petition signers may be released after all A federal appeals court today reversed a lower court ruling, opening the way to naming those who signed an initiative putting Washington's domestic-partnership law to a public vote. One more legal step is required before the names are released, says the secretary of state.

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Loyalty is a two-way street

Posted Sat, Nov 14, 6 a.m.

by Ted Van Dyk

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.

Island Girl: A tribute to Sandra Day O'Connor

Posted Thu, Nov 12, 6 a.m.

by Ann Bauer

The death Wednesday of the former justice's husband, after suffering for 20 years with Alzheimer's, brings to mind for our columnist personal stories of family, health, and love.

B.C. approves "Salish Sea" proposal

Posted Fri, Oct 23, 10:10 a.m.

by Knute Berger

That is, if Washington and the U.S. follow suit. The name would enhance but not supplant existing names for inland waters on either side of the border.

Great start for Sotomayor

Posted Thu, Sep 24, 6 a.m.

by Knute Berger

Her questioning of corporate "personhood" is a positive sign on a fundamental fight.

Northwest will be in the money

Posted Sat, Sep 12, 11:11 a.m.

by Knute Berger

Or rather, on it, as the U.S. mint prepares to issue a new series of quarters.

Mr. Locke and Mr. Sims go to Washington

Posted Fri, Sep 4, 6 a.m.

by Knute Berger

Seattle's dynamic duo talk about their new DC roles.

Healthcare reform without risk

Posted Mon, Aug 31, 2:27 p.m.

by Knute Berger

Economists have an answer for why Americans are skittish about change, and it could help Obama's sales pitch.

Smooth sailing for the Salish Sea?

Posted Thu, Aug 20, 3 p.m.

by Knute Berger

In an unusual act of international cooperation, the proposal to name the inland waters of the Pacific Northwest is being handled by both countries at once.