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Kitsap sub plans raise security questions

Mon, Apr 30, 2 a.m.

By John Stang

The Navy wants a wharf expansion at Bangor to upgrade nuclear missiles. But why?

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Rachel Maddow charts the nation's 'Drift' into constant invisible war

Thu, Apr 19, 2 a.m.

By Robin Lindley

Broadcast host Rachel Maddow brings her acerbic wit and calm reasoning to the literary world, with a compelling narrative of America's silent shift to unchecked presidential power and unseen but perpetual war.

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Midday Scan: A super-green building for Seattle; tax windfall from pot sales; PTSD questions

Wed, Mar 21, 11 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

Also, the ageless Jamie Moyer goes for a new record, and score one for the railheads who ask tough questions about transit costs.

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Midday Scan: Attack of the ultrasound lobby; OR as political bellwether; Reuven Carlyle's personal blog

Tue, Mar 20, 11 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

The ultrasound lobby strikes again - this time closer to home; OR's Americans Elect gets enough signatures to put someone on the presidential ballot; Reuven Carlyle rolls up his sleeves and turns political moralist.

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New, unwise military interventions threaten to entrap U.S.

Mon, Mar 12, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

Wanting to look strong, President Obama is reluctant to abandon an Afghan mission that serves no good purpose. He and GOP challengers should be careful about what they say in the months ahead, lest they trap us in more military adventures.

Norm Dicks and 'The Great Consensus'

Mon, Mar 5, 2 a.m.

By David Brewster

Our amazingly stable politics, built on figures like Congressman Dicks, the Cold War economy, and the Democratic coalition of interests in Olympia, is busting apart, like an ice-bound river. Watch out below!

Green Acre Radio: Military sonar in use shortly before orca's death

Sat, Feb 18, 2:20 p.m.

By Martha Baskin

A Canadian naval vessel had engaged in sonar training just days before a female orca, who might have bred and helped with L pod's recovery, washed up on the coast.

Obama's defense changes look reasonable

Wed, Jan 11, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

Scaled-back defense goals and spending could quickly prove troublesome if some incident shakes the nation.

Wars' painful legacies, from Pearl Harbor to Afghanistan

Tue, Dec 6, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

A World War II fighter, George McGovern, who suffered a fall last week, went on to run for president as a peace candidate. He's stayed active in large part because he worries about the young people who are still being sent off to war.

Wichita gets the bye-bye Boeing blues

Mon, Nov 28, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Instead of building its long-awaited refueling tanker in Kansas, Boeing threatens to pull out.

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Finding ways to bring our veterans back home

Fri, Nov 11, 2 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Half a year after Gen. Peter Chiarelli told a packed audience at the UW that Seattle must take specific steps to help veterans cope with the lingering trauma of military service, how are we doing?

Umatilla chemical weapons: end of a nightmare

Tue, Oct 11, 11:45 a.m.

By John Stang

An international treaty has driven the destruction of deadly chemical weapons that had been stored near the Oregon community. Children in nearby counties no longer have to practice for the kind of disaster Saddam Hussein would have loved to inflict.

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Radioactive Ranch: How Hanford's history reflects the West

Wed, Sep 21, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

A new history of Hanford tells us about the motives, contradictions, and influences that shaped the "nuclear reservation" that has changed lives and re-shaped the world.

Remembering 9-11, and its two kinds of fear

Thu, Sep 8, 2 a.m.

By Anthony B. Robinson

One reaction was life-giving and community-making. The other, which replaced that first fear, was suspicious and divisive.

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Compassion 2011? King County gives landslide approval to vets levy

Fri, Aug 19, 2 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Pessimism about today's economy proved no barrier to King County voters from saying 'yes' to the 2011 Veterans and Human Services Levy on Tuesday. The measure received a larger percentage than in a 2005 vote.

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