Every year, during the final weeks before January rolls around again, retailers and auto-makers go to great lengths to persuade us to buy as much… Continue reading
If pundits are to be believed, the hottest contest for elected office in our state this year is our U.S. Senate race, now that Dino Rossi has decided to challenge Patty Murray.
After a year of fierce debate and wrangling, Congress has finally done something that many of the people who cover politics for a living in… Continue reading
For much of our state’s recent political history, colorful and exciting top-of-the-ticket races have been a staple of the electoral landscape. Consider the Slade Gorton/Maria… Continue reading
One of the most popular and oft-repeated cliches in American history, which comes to us from Benjamin Franklin, humorously posits that “in the world, nothing… Continue reading
Proving that last summer's opening of Central Link was merely the beginning of a new era, Sound Transit has extended light rail into Sea Tac… Continue reading
Negotiators from around the world met in Copenhagen, Denmark last week to hammer out an agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol. The protocol, which sought… Continue reading
Eighty years ago, in a dissenting opinion opposing a Supreme Court decision that supported warrantless wiretapping by federal agents, Justice Louis Brandeis suggested that our… Continue reading
Voters spoke loud and clear in the general election.Across the state, Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1033 failed (by big margins) and Referendum 71, which extends rights… Continue reading
In contest for assessor, one candidate stands head and shoulders above the rest.This November, for the second time in two years, King County voters have… Continue reading
Think the recent budget passed by the State Legislature was bad? If so, be prepared for something much, much worse if we are naïve enough… Continue reading
The waiting, arguing, and litigating is finally over.
Voting shouldn’t be hard.That simple four sentence is a complaint I repeatedly hear from people when I ask them about participating in our state and… Continue reading
So long, Washington Mutual, also known as WaMu. Over the past few weeks the familiar yellow and blue WaMu signs adorning neighborhood financial centers around… Continue reading
This November, voters in King County have a very important choice to make: who should succeed Ron Sims as the Executive of one of the… Continue reading
Much has been written about the budget shortfall that Gov. Chris Gregoire and state lawmakers are grappling with in Olympia this legislative session.
Every year, thousands of Washingtonians take ownership of new single family homes.
