The trial of the Sonics had a few revelations this week, though no clear indication of which way it will come out. Perhaps the most interesting aspect was the way heavy political lifting is done these days. It takes on the form of backstage public-private partnerships, with lawfirms doing a lot of t
His death is receiving media treatment usually reserved for former presidents, and that's because he represented the higher standards of an era that seems to be passing away.
No question that Sen. John McCain needs a humorist on his ticket, but some details remain to be worked out before I accept.
Denis Hayes, president of the Bullitt Foundation in Seattle and a leading exponent of alternative and solar energy, has been celebrating the defeat of the Lieberman-Warner bill [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/washington/07climate.html?scp=4&sq=Lieberman+Warner&st=nyt], which he calls "a 500 page
The man who created Huxley College of the Environment [http://www.wwu.edu/depts/huxley/] at Western Washington University, the nation's first such college, hasn't followed the controversies surrounding a similar college at the University of Washington, but he has some succinct advice: "Devote yourse
