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Given the staggering $67 million deficit that Mayor Mike McGinn needed to bridge when he proposed his $888 million 2011 city budget (down from $905 million in 2010), he did a reasonably fair job of parcelling out cuts and pain across the city’s many departments. But, in such a large document, a few missteps are bound to take place. And none was larger
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The next time you’re in a bookstore
…and you see fresh new hardcover copies of the new George W. Bush memoir? Move them to the true crime section.
Foreclosure crisis = massive fraud
In the new Rolling Stone, buried under a dreary headline, Matt Taibbi has
Victory on Maury Island!
It’s a great day for orca whales and the rest of us in the Puget Sound region. After more than a decade of battles against a giant gravel mine on
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Now for what really matters…
I’m not too concerned about the outcome of Tuesday’s election. There’s only one major issue facing America today and
The Republican War on Reality
Everett Dirksen is one of my heroes. The Senate Republican leader from 1959 to 1969, he pushed strongly for Vietnam escalation and took conservative stands
Suppose Your Actions Swung the Election
Imagine if your actions made the difference in electing a Senator, Governor, or Congressional representative. Suppose the phone calls you made, money you
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November 6, 1970: The Seattle Seven
“Did you ever hear of ‘The Seattle Seven’? … That was me … and six other guys.” And that stonily-intoned quote, culled
The Twilight of ObamaTime
The sun will rise next Wednesday on a new American landscape, the same way it rose on a new American landscape almost exactly two years ago. That was the
Three Cheers for the French Strikers!
The strikes and demonstrations that have brought France to a near-halt are provoking the usual patronizing commentaries in the United States and United
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Reclaim Our History: November 1–15
| Special Wobbly Issue! Nov. 2, 1909: IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) free-speech fight, Spokane, Washington, in defiance of the city council, which had banned speaking on the streets. The law was |
Reclaim Our History: Oct. 14-31
| Special Snarky Comment Edition! Oct. 15, 1892: The 1.8 million acres of Crow Indian Reservation in Montana is opened to white settlers by Pres. Harrison. Actually, the white settlers had been nesting on |
Reclaim Our History: October 1-15
| Oct. 1, 1866: 3,750 acres of Chehalis Indian Reservation returned to public domain by Executive Order. They weren’t really using it, anyway. 1970: Clallam tribe awarded $400,000 by Indian Claims |