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ALL MEMBERS »When it comes to problems with our schools, there's a lot more insight in Robert Jamieson's Thursday column than in the school district's curriculum audit by consultants Phi Delta Kappa International, summarized elsewhere in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's local section by Jessica Blanchard.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe Northwest economy continues to surge, while the rest of the country struggles, and it's tempting to think it's because of all the smart folks out here, cooking up new companies. Doubtless that's partly true. But a bigger factor is the weak dollar. Washington state, for instance, leads the nation in exports as a share of state output. Those exports are booming because of the weak dollar, which translates into bargain prices offshore. Michael Parks, editor of the invaluable Marple's Pacific Northwest Letter, tallies up the figures for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska, and finds the export totals hitting new all-time highs for the fourth consecutive year. Total exports last year for the region ($92.5 billion) were up 20 percent over 2006, about twice the national increase.
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Through the pages of National Review one spring morning at Western Washington University, he brought me out of the darkness of liberal mush and into the light of conservative freedom.
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