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72 hours in the Issaquah Highlands
Or is it a lifetime? An insider's guide to Seattle's legendary suburb where everything was planned.
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The geniuses who aren't on Wall Street
The MacArthur Foundation names 25 people who, together, could probably get us out of this mess.
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The causality of diet and humorlessness in 21st century American culture
Flip Side: Barack Obama's "Coalition of the Hip" is in ascendancy, but persistent bad eating habits ensure that Hillary Clinton's "Coalition of the Humorless" will thrive for years to come.
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Humor: Our motto's better than your motto
"Not so fast" ("Alki," more or less) has a nice ring to it, fitting for our dispassionate state and these hard times. Other states' sayings are "not so swift."