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Posted Fri, Sep 4, 6 a.m.
It hinges on the economy, which is slowly recovering, and Afghanistan, which is fatefully resembling Vietnam.
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The 'socialized medicine' red herring
Posted Thu, Aug 20, 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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Thoughts on Independence Day
Posted Sat, Jul 4, 7:24 a.m.
We have created, as Ben Franklin said, "a Republic, if you can keep it." How have we done?
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A gutsy commencement address
Posted Thu, May 28, 6 a.m.
Former Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker, a Whitman graduate, issues an unlikely Niebuhrian challenge to the class of 2009
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Wanted: a local prosecutor to try President Bush for murder
Posted Wed, Jan 28, 6 a.m.
Seattle residents have teamed up with Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted Charles Manson, in a campaign to find a prosecutor to try President George W. Bush on murder charges for the deaths in Iraq of more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers.
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The Navy wins on sonar, not that anyone's surprised
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 6 a.m.
Here's an analysis of the recent Supreme Court decision to continue allowing the Navy to use sonar in the presence of marine mammals. It's not as simple an issue as you might think.
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What to watch for in Secretary Clinton
Posted Sun, Nov 30, noon
Good choices for the foreign policy and Defense appointees, but a lot depends on how Hillary staffs her new job and how the new national security adviser conceives of that post.
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On Veterans Day, a brief history of U.S. war
Posted Tue, Nov 11, midnight
More often than not, ham-handed politics have led to the conflicts in which our soldiers have sacrificed.
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A Powder keg of a book
Posted Mon, Oct 20, midnight
Ignore the preface, and get to the poetry and power in this new anthology written by women in combat.
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Now, every governor is a 'commander'
Posted Mon, Sep 8, 10 p.m.
Are we supposed to salute Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin? A look at how Arizona Sen. John McCain is militarizing the quest for the presidency.
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Wanna rent a ranger station?
Posted Tue, Jun 3, 6 p.m.
America's national forests are in the middle of a "heritage" crisis as historic structures fall victim to budget cuts, vandalism, and neglect. Northwest forests are not immune, but citizens can help. How about vacationing in a fire lookout this summer?
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Remembering the soldiers of 1–25
Posted Sat, May 24, 6 a.m.
Another Memorial Day brings another poignant roster of bios and photos paying tribute to those killed in Iraq. Here's honoring a few of them, both for who they really were — and who they weren't.
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Love the warrior but hate the war, and other weekend ruminations
Posted Fri, May 23, 4 p.m.
Also: Whom to blame for gas prices, kudos for the schools supe, Sound Transit's latest audit, and polygamy's free pass.
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A friend goes off to war — for a second time
Posted Tue, Mar 25, 5 a.m.
It's hard when a friend goes off to war, especially when the president is envious.
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The Lazy B's blue funk descends
Posted Sat, Mar 8, 4 a.m.
In the Jet County, they're expending a lot of energy bemoaning Boeing's failure to win a big Air Force contract. There's not much locals can do about that. But a university, that's another matter.
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The Boeing tanker slapdown
Posted Mon, Mar 3, midnight
The state's congressional delegation and others are shocked that we're shipping defense jobs overseas to Airbus. But isn't that the free trade they're always touting?
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Why we hate soccer
Posted Wed, Nov 21, 5 a.m.
Will Paul Allen and Drew Carey succeed in establishing Major League Soccer in Seattle? Some suggest they're kicking the ball uphill.
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The warpath not taken
Posted Mon, Oct 22, 5 a.m.
How would Pacific Northwest history have differed had we taken pioneer James Swan's advice about how to treat the native population?
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The scientific dark age of George Bush
Posted Mon, Oct 8, 5 a.m.
University of Washington computer science professor Ed Lazowska, a onetime Bush appointee, says scientific research and education are sputtering in the "dark time" of the Bush years. He also says Washington state's higher ed system is failing the next generation.
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A few last living words from World War I
Posted Wed, Nov 11, 6 a.m.
The Seattle author of a new book on immigrant soldiers in The Great War describes a meeting with a 110-year-old survivor of all that rain and misery and death.
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Posted Thu, Jul 30, 6 a.m.
At the Oshkosh Air Show, the future was not exactly imminent, but in drones, spaceships, and scramjets you could get a picture
MOREAt the V.A. Hospital
Posted Tue, Jul 21, noon
We were your warhammers, your clear-eyed hoplites, your guardians. Were.
MORERobert McNamara and the hubris of technology
Posted Mon, Jul 6, 10:52 a.m.
The architect of 'McNamara's War' is dead, his reputation only partly redeemed by his later years at the World Bank and his recanting of the way the Vietnam War was fought.
MORERemembering wars through unforgettable films
Posted Sun, May 24, 9:55 p.m.
Memorial day reflections, refracted through cinema and memories of Bellingham during World War II
MOREComing home to a new country
Posted Wed, Jan 28, noon
The heirs to this economic mess are students, workers and soldiers. They're ready.
MOREA better idea for Detroit
Posted Sat, Nov 15, 3:18 p.m. 2008
Don't bail the automakers out, and don't bankrupt them. Use the government's purchasing power to transform them to the green economy.
MOREThe prospect of a POTUS with PTSD
Posted Mon, Oct 6, 2:02 a.m. 2008
My name is Jack, and I'm a combat veteran. ("Hi, Jack!")
Please note that being a combat vet doesn't make me more eligible than you or anyone else to run for office. It doesn't even qualify me to advise you on whom to vote for.
MOREI-97 is struck down; a brush with anti-semitism
Posted Fri, Sep 12, 4:11 a.m. 2008
Wednesday, Sept. 10, was "a sad day for grassroots democracy in Seattle," according to Seattle Divest from War and Occupation (SDWO). The group — sponsors of Initiative 97, which would have directed the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System (SCERS) to divest "from stocks and bonds funding war and occupation in the Middle East" — was referring to King County Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez's decision that I-97 was unenforceable in that it exceeded legislative authority by making specific investment directions to SCERS, which is bound by the prudent-person rule.
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