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Why is City Hall cracking down on handicapped parking?

Posted Thu, Feb 4, 2 a.m.

The city says it is responding to the widespread misuse of parking placards, some of which get stolen. So, it wants to limit the time people can stay in handicapped parking spaces around medical centers and downtown. But what happens to those who need an all-day spot for, say, a lengthy medical treatment?

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That was the week that sucked

Posted Fri, Jan 22, 1:22 p.m.

Seven days that liberals should never forget, much less repeat.

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The Vancouver method: Treat addicts as people

Posted Fri, Jan 22, 2 a.m.

Dr. Gabor Maté offers advice based on his life treating street addicts in Vancouver. Seattle and pro-legalization advocates could take some lessons in policy and relating to individuals.

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The Massachusetts message to Obama

Posted Tue, Jan 19, 8:04 p.m.

The president needs to correct course quickly, and the State of the Union address next week will be a crucial chance to stem a suddenly adverse tide.

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Best of 2009: The 'socialized medicine' red herring

Posted Mon, Dec 28, 6 a.m.

An experienced user and administrator of the British health care system predicts that nothing like government-run health care is likely to come to the U.S., nor should it. If anything, our reform model might better imitate France's.

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Best of 2009: Saying Yes

Posted Sat, Dec 26, 6 a.m.

The author plays the Doubting and Believing games as she ponders an oddball kind of volunteering.

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A year without

Posted Wed, Dec 16, 2 a.m.

On the anniversary of her death, a sister reminds our writer of a special bond ... and also of the shortfalls of our mental health system.

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The unkindest cut

Posted Fri, Dec 4, 2 a.m.

What to do when the first vasectomy doesn't make a vas deferens? Why, have another surgery, of course.

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Getting 'downstream' treatment dollars diverted 'upstream'

Posted Tue, Dec 1, 2 a.m.

A class-action lawsuit would force Washington to provide "evidence-based treatment" for children with mental illnesses. The goal is to head off big problems by letting families remain together.

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Crosscut By 2: All over but the runner's high

Posted Mon, Nov 30, 4 p.m.

In which our intrepid columnist makes it to the Seattle Marathon, nearly outruns two old ladies, keeps pace (for awhile) with a barefoot guy, and still has complaints about the race.

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Obama: that cornered feeling

Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.

A quick tour of his first year, his presidential style of management, and some of the tight corners he will have to escape.

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Sex, death and 'Bodies'

Posted Wed, Nov 18, 6 a.m.

An exhibit of corpses is back for a second tour of Seattle, where it has been a huge hit. What are we really experiencing when we wander the gallery of the dead?

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Michelle Malkin’s journey from ideas to tribes

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.

A former Seattle Times colleague wonders what happened to the libertarian provocateur who used to engage him at their adjoining office doors.

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Hitting the wall before the starting line

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.

As the Seattle Marathon approaches, a local runner fights age and ailments to get to his 17th long-distance race.

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Election 09: National results point to a throw-them-out tide

Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6:56 a.m.

Incumbent Congressional Democrats in marginal districts will now run scared, making passage of health-care reform more difficult.

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Completing an Ironman, virtually

Posted Fri, Oct 23, 6 a.m.

At more than 140 miles spread among three events, the Ironman race is a huge feat to pull off all at once. But what if you could spread out the pain over a week?

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Five peeves, including uninspiring local campaigns

Posted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m.

Let's get down to some serious issues, rather than side shows about racism, public options, trade wars with China, Hutchison's past political leanings, and cynical appeals to quickie light rail lines.

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The failed promise of biotech in South Lake Union

Posted Thu, Sep 17, 6 a.m.

The City during the Nickels years has put a lot of money into building up the sector, but job growth for biotech has fallen far short of the promises.

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At the food bank

Posted Mon, Sep 14, 5:28 p.m.

Many languages. Way too many carbs and sugars. Few takers for the gallon bags of mustard.

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Humor: Down the royal road to AutoCare

Posted Sat, Sep 12, 6:08 p.m.

Defending our sacred right to the best possible automotive treatment, and fending off the menace of socialized care.

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Other media

E.J. Dionne: Rep. Jay Inslee rallies Democrats on health care; 'Finish the kitchen!' An exasperating home remodeling experience that lasted months longer than expected paid off in the end with an improved kitchen that the Inslee family loves. It's the same with health care, Inslee told his colleagues. It's taken longer, and been more difficult, than we thought but the result will be worth it.

Robert Kuttner: Why Obama should realize that bipartisanship is dead He's oscillating between punch-it-through and seeking a weak compromise with the Republicans. Punch, baby, punch!

An insurance executive details where Obamacare took a wrong turn Angela Braly of WellPoint argues that the reform effort turned into a simplistic attack on insurance companies, not a comprehensive program to rein in costs.

The damage wrought by the anti-vaccine movement The British medical journal The Lancet has retracted an ethically compromised article that challenged the safety of the most common children's vaccine but the damage is done. Celebrities have jumped on the pseudo-science bandwagon and diseases once under control, like measles, are on the rise.

While state stresses the positive, report on Puget Sound shows worrisome signs A newly mandated state report shows a mix of gains and declines, with the negative trends barely ahead of the positive ones. State officials seized on the progress. By any interpretation, there is still a lot of work to do, particularly in improving building and land-use practices.

Blog posts

Local surgeon: 'Haiti will have a whole generation of amputees'

Posted Thu, Jan 28, 2 p.m.

Harborview physician, just back from Port-au-Prince, tells of thousands of traumatized people wandering the streets.

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McDermott knows hope

Posted Fri, Jan 22, 10 p.m.

Congressman predicts health care reform will pass within a month, and Democrats will survive the week that was.

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The story of Bill

Posted Tue, Dec 22, 8:40 p.m. 2009

Bill Sellen lived (and died) on the streets of Seattle, never having bounced back after World War II. A nurse who helped him remembers him, and a poem he gave her.

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Hastings and health care: Well, he showed up

Posted Tue, Nov 24, 2 p.m. 2009

Despite a promise to discuss two big issues, the Washington congressman toured a plant in Yakima County Monday without taking questions or even making a statement.

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Island Girl: A tribute to Sandra Day O'Connor

Posted Thu, Nov 12, 6 a.m. 2009

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.

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Island Girl: 'This Is It,' every day

Posted Tue, Nov 3, 4 p.m. 2009

An argument to see Michael Jackson's movie, and to remember that there's not always next year.

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Barkeep: Another 'moderate' round, please!

Posted Sun, Oct 18, 3:09 p.m. 2009

Health experts say that "moderate" drinking is practically no drinking at all, but that's not what they show on Mad Men. Nor would it sustain the Northwest economy.

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A witch's brew of political scares in Congress

Posted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m. 2009

From Afghanistan to health care to ethics, lawmakers head toward Halloween with distractions aplenty.

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David Brooks in Yakima: 'I'm in favor of death panels'

Posted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m. 2009

The conservative columnist declines to chide a conservative audience.

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Obama's speech: So long, public option

Posted Thu, Sep 10, 7:46 a.m. 2009

The speech played well with the public, but it probably raised too many alarms among the factions in Congress.

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