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While citizens are told to have courage, Metro ducks
Two court cases in Washington state are testing how free speech and security relate to one another in a modern era.
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Berlusconi's halting resignation marks Italian sea change
An announcement that he was resigning earlier this week was quickly retracted, but Berlusconi's stop-and-go political games won't stop the tides of Italian discontent.
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The missing party in our local politics
The Party of No and the Party of Government are snuffing out the needed third party, the Party of Reform. The past election shows again the stranglehold incumbents have on our political debate.
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How coal-port voting in Bellingham holds lessons for rest of state
In Edmonds, Seattle, Spokane, and elsewhere, organizing against a plan to export coal to China could begin right along the railroad tracks.
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The good side of the GOP debates
Rick Perry stumbled badly, perhaps in history-making fashion. But the prolonged debates could be setting up one candidate well for facing an incumbent president.