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You can't take Bellingham out of the boy
Ted Van Dyk's memoir of a career in national politics is the view of a principled idealist working, paradoxically, in proximity to power.
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
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The political legacy of Turk the Magic Genie
He's the latest of a long line of characters who have run for office. Turk lost up in Snohomish County. But some of the Northwest's clown princes have actually gotten elected. And some of them have served the people very well. No joke.
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Profiles encourage: Wisdom for today's politics
Political junkies and bibliophiles commence drooling: High on my bookshelf sits a first edition of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage. You heard me: a pricey (at $3.30) Harpers hardback with the original, fraying dust jacket. The profiled politicos, from John Quincy Adams to Robert Taft, are list
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Remembering John Brisker, the Sonic who vanished in Africa
The mysterious, tragic disappearance and death of Northwest basketball star Tony Harris [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/340311_harris20.html] in Brazil brings to mind the mysterious, tragic disappearance (and presumed death) of retired Seattle SuperSonics forward John Brisker [http://en.wikiped
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Please note that I was drinking
Cocker Fennessy, a Seattle public-relations firm, hosted the premier "pre-poll" party, an Oscar-night analogue for the Northwest's political class. It was a blast. (Disclosure: Cocker Fennessy wined me, fed me, and wined me again.) The election-night fete featured an impressive mix of politicos – a