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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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A tragic clash of cultures
An Iraqi immigrant father runs down his daughter with his car and calls it honor. That is not honor, writes columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. It is an act of appalling cowardice ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
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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Seniors skeptical of health overhaul
For seniors opposed to an overhaul, much of the fear stems from well-publicized news reports of massive Medicare cuts over a decade. The House bill calls for nearly $500 ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Deficit hawks attacking the wrong prey
When the House considered a health care expansion proposal that the CBO says will reduce the deficit by $11 billion a year, tea-party protesters and Congress' self-described ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Health bill reduces senior benefits, according to report
A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending — one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Afghan Journal | The camera guy, and some thoughts upon leaving
As I leave Afghanistan, I keep thinking back to the camera man. Sometimes I have been discouraged by what I have seen here, and, on some occasions, I've been overwhelmed. On ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Big costs weigh on troop debate
even if Obama chooses a lower troop commitment, Afghanistan's new costs could wash out the projected $26 billion expected to be saved in 2010 from withdrawing troops from ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
U.S. envoy in Kabul isn't sold on adding to forces
The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, who once served as the top U.S. military commander there, has expressed in writing his reservations about deploying additional troops to ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Wartime role weighs heavily on president
War and tragedy are putting President Obama through the most wrenching period of his young administration. Visibly thinner, admittedly skipping meals, he is learning every day ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
State Democrats facing revolt by labor
The Washington State Labor Council, the Service Employees International Union and unions representing teachers and state workers have either stopped or sharply reduced ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Washington in race for federal education funds
Gregoire told U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that, while Washington does not have charter schools, the state does have many schools that are every bit as innovative ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Obama, our Confucian president, goes to China
IN his 10 months in the White House, President Obama has been given many labels, from socialist to communist, from Muslim to Marxist. I would say he is Confucian, especially ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer
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