How a Bill Becomes Law — Updated
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Editors’ note: We hope to have the companion piece to this, looking at the mayor’s race in depth, up later today! Apologies for the delay. Media coverage in this year’s election has been dominated by the race for Seattle Mayor, but for local politics this year’s election is unusually important. Beyond a mayor’s race that’s
Apologies to folks for our having not been able to continue posting our program notes in recent weeks. Both Maria and I have run into time problems in
My first impression of “2312” by Kim Stanley Robinson is that the author could use a good editor, or needs to take up short-form poetry to sharpen
Seattle, we have a mayor problem. Among the races in the August 6 primary election — for which we present our endorsements here — the race
UPDATE 4/9 Mayor McGinn is now saying that he will not seek a new chief during the remainder of his current term due to concerns that well-qualified applicants
Previous ETA program notes are archived below, under “Columns.” Each week, you can listen to Eat the Airwaves live, from 8:30-9:00 AM Saturdays
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Kitchen Notes: Previous ETA program notes are archived below, under “Columns.” Also, due to the new paywall, we are no longer linking to Seattle
They Hate Us for Our Freedoms! Nov. 1, 1872: Susan B. Anthony and sisters arrested for registering to vote. 1890: Mississippi enacts legislation requiring every would-be voter to pass a literacy test, |
Sep. 16, 1982: Massacre of over 1,000 civilian Palestinian refugees begins, Sabnra and Shatila camps, Lebanon. Sep. 17, 1796: George Washington’s farewell address, in which he declines to run for |
Sep. 1, 1939: Hitler invades Poland, beginning World War II. Sep. 3, 1939: Britain and France declare war against Germany. 1992: Thirty-nine state conference on disarmament approves treaty to ban chemical |