Crosscut writer Robin Lindley talks with University of Puget Sound professor Nancy Bristow about the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and America's foggy memory of a disease that claimed ten times the U.S. fatalities during World War 1.
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Climatologists eye a 50-50 chance we'll be stuck with an El Nino weather pattern next year. Does that mean we'll have to do without knee-deep powder and bluebird days come 2013?
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The bursting of the real estate bubble has led to a small difference in the size of Americans' homes. But there would be real gains from a much more serious shrinking.
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Yucca Mountain, rejected by the Obama adminstration, was the only option for taking away the glass logs supposed to seal the radioactive waste. Few but Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee seem to think Yucca Mountain remains viable.
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Taking a census of the city’s action figures, bobbleheads and toy figurines, Knute Berger reveals that Seattle’s smallest 'residents' make a motley crew of heroes.
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Sen. Henry 'Scoop' Jackson was popular among Washington constituents not so much because of his political skill, but for his character and likability. Still, no matter how hard he tried, he was destined to lose the presidential elections.
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The story of a convicted wolf killer brings a growing problem into perspective, and shows how big an impact even one or two deaths can have on an endangered population.
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Ignore the neighbors. What's wrong with being distant? Don't dwell on the geophysics of catastrophe: What's the point in scaring yourself away?
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Expanding rail capacity would mean shrinking a popular park.
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The Navy wants a wharf expansion at Bangor to upgrade nuclear missiles. But why?
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Republican John Koster has an easy road to his party's nomination for a congressional seat while five Democrats stage a brawl. It's wild even if Dennis Kucinich doesn't land here.
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A new program debuts tonight with the unlikely goal of pairing TV and the Socratic method to promote discussion of public issues. Without the public.
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Washington state has two good candidates, but does either have ideas that confront the real needs of the people?
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Despite the renewed Washington Incentives program and a vibrant film community, local indie filmmakers are struggling to find work in the place they love.
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A remote rainy corner of the country emerged as one of the recognized centers of international commerce and innovation. More than blind luck was at play.
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Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in April, adding en estimated 3,800 jobs to the state.
Dr. Joy Yu died Saturday after being hit by an avalanche near Snoqualmie Pass. Mitch Hungate, 61, is still missing after a separate avalanche on Granite Mountain. Rescue efforts have been suspended due to dangerous conditions.
Twenty-seven year old Alec Zimmerman, a seasoned traveler from Whidbey Island who was crisscrossing South America, has gone missing in Argentina after accepting a ride from a "grandfatherly" Chilean truck driver.
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