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The Seattle Times is the leading daily newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. It began as the Seattle Press-Times, a four-page newspaper founded in 1891 with a daily circulation of 3,500, which Maine teacher and attorney Alden J. Blethen bought in 1896. Renamed the Seattle Daily Times, it doubled its circulation within half a year. By 1915, circulation stood at 70,000. As of September 2005, weekday circulation stood at 215,502. The Times is one of the few remaining major city dailies in the United States to be independently operated and owned by a local family (the Blethens). ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Gay-rights support stops at Cascades
The lopsided results over expansion of the state's domestic-partnership law, which voters overall were approving, show the challenge supporters of gay rights face in winning ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
Adding more U.S. troops to the Afghanistan mess is a bad idea
We should not underestimate the strength of nationalism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, particularly among the 40 million Pashtuns who live on both sides of the border there. ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Campaign-spending case will be a big test for Chief Justice Roberts
The full impact of what the U.S. Supreme Court could do in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has only begun to receive the attention it deserves. Will the court ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Progressives shouldn't confuse a party with a movement
Though the 2006 and 2008 elections were billed as progressive movement successes, the story behind them highlights a longer-term failure. During those contests, most leaders ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
A man with two countries forced to choose the one that will take care of him.
I SUPPORT President Obama's health-care reform. I am a 36-year-old man who has dual citizenship in the United States and Canada. Born in Washington, I wanted to make my ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Does Group Health hold answers in health-care debate?
even some of Group Health's most ardent admirers warn that replicating the co-op would be difficult — and replicating it quickly practically impossible. Sixty-two years ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Obama must win back progressives' trust
there's a growing sense among progressives that they have, as my colleague Frank Rich suggests, been punked. And that's why the mixed signals on the public option created such ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Americans face a spiritual chasm
We frame the differences in terms of "conservative" and "liberal," but these are tired old markers that with overuse and misuse have largely lost whatever meaning they used to ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Freedom from fear: Why the First Amendment trumps the Second Amendment
We should worry about gun-toting protesters and public political events. The First Amendment ethos guarantees people — whatever their politics — a fundamental right to ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Thanks to Big Government, the nation is stepping back from the economic abyss
We've managed to step back from the abyss and avoid a full replay of the Great Depression, writes columnist Paul Krugman. What saved us this time? The answer lies in the very ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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SPEEA: Boeing's decision to add second line in S.C. bad for everyone
Boeing's decision to add a second line in South Carolina is bad for the company and employees and eventually will be bad for shareholders. Better to focus on fixing 787 ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate
Once vilified by environmentalists and its future dim, nuclear energy has become a pivotal bargaining chip as Senate Democrats seek Republican votes to pass climate ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Clean-energy transition promises brighter economic prospects
WITH the introduction of the Clean Energy Jobs bill in September, the U.S. Senate began work on repowering America's economy with a comprehensive climate and energy policy. As ...via NewsRack -
Real-world problems turn climate-change debate pragmatic
As the health-care debate was transformed by the urgency of insurance reform, climate-change legislation is shaped by the business and financial consequences of global warming.Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Democrats should take Obama's lead and push harder for education reform
Good schools constitute a far more potent weapon against poverty than welfare, food stamps or housing subsidies. Yet Democrats have too often resisted reform as disadvantaged ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
A darker side of Columbus emerges in US classrooms
Columbus' stature in U.S. classrooms has declined somewhat through the years, and many districts, including Seattle, will not observe his namesake holiday today. Although ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Justice Scalia spars in debate over Mojave cross
A Supreme Court argument Wednesday over a cross within the Mojave National Preserve in California sparked a sharp dispute over whether the Latin cross stands as a symbol of ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
747-8 delay causes doubts about Boeing
Boeing added $1 billion in escalating costs as it delayed another new airplane program Tuesday, and industry analysts pinned much of the blame on poor management and a ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
FEMA should conduct preparedness drill in the Green River Valley
The Federal Emergency Management Agency should augment local efforts to respond to the risks associated with the storm damage to the Green River Valley and Howard Hanson Dam, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
US treasury secretary urges IMF reform
"Quota reform is crucial for increasing the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Fund," the committee said in a statement. It planned to review progress at its next meeting in ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert
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