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ALL MEMBERS »Nah, Howard, your Starbucks isn't a "victim" of its success, it's just feeling the downside of inevitable maturity. America's bad-boy, break-out, Maxwell-House-whuppin' coffee is – middle aged. That's the metaphor flogged in an Oregonian commentary piece, and it works nicely.
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The short opera is normally part of a double bill, but here, presented alone, some padding only adds to other problems.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThere is only a small chance that Washington state's Feb. 9 caucuses will have any effect whatever on either party's nominating processes. The odds still point to decisions on Super Tuesday, four days before. The early Super Tuesday decisions came as a result of many states moving up their primary and caucus dates so as to have a voice in the outcome. Big states such as New York, California, and Illinois -- whose voters all go to the polls Feb. 5 -- had tired of seeing the Presidential nominations being decided before the contests even reached their states.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWhen in Seattle, I peruse Real Change; in Portland I keep up with Street Roots. Both newspapers, of course, are by and for homeless folks, and they regularly serve up readable news not found elsewhere. The Rose City version is particularly tireless in hanging on to sticky constituent issues – like badly crafted loitering laws or under-trained private rent-a-cops. The paper's terrier-like persistence is wonderful to behold.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThat's the margin of victory of Gov. Chris Gregoire over Republican Dino Rossi in 2004. With a rematch looming and a 60-day legislative session beginning today, Democrats in charge in Olympia must stick to a very prudent agenda.
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