Too bad the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wasn't watching before it declared that climate change will be off the table for its environmental review of coal-export terminals in the Pacific Northwest.
Commentary: Attorney General Holder is tossing aside restraint that prosecutors have exercised for decades. And it seems unlikely he would have acted without presidential knowledge.
Newspapers obstinately do little or nothing to clarify the difference between news and the opinions formed by the paper's editorial board. Case in point: The Seattle Times.
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The new owner of The Herald and Seattle Weekly is point man for a controversial refinery at Kitimat, B.C, tapping Alberta oil sands. David Black makes his case, and talks about his Seattle publishing plans.
We know a good deal more about politics and the public's will in Washington state and the West today than earlier this month. Six takeaways from the election.
When the Seattle Times' publisher decided to run political ads, he poked the bear of the newsroom. Guess who has more power? And what else might have gotten under Blethen's skin?
Two-thirds of public high schools in the U.S. have student newspapers; but between a lack of resources, readership and involvement, many high school newspapers are printing their final issue. "Nobody wants to actually sit down and read a whole article..." Rebecca Dwarka, 18, told the New York Times.