Once an interest only to the business community, the port is getting increasing scrutiny from environmentalists and Democratic party activists. Two port races could change policy in a dramatic way.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer owner is floating seemingly contradictory arguments about newspaper business decisions in a lawsuit here against the Seattle Times Co. and in another, unrelated action in San Francisco.
Indiana was the first state to pass a eugenics law. Washington was right behind. Indiana has now apologized for its part in forced sterilizations. It's time that we do the same.