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Stirring the pot on smoking
Why are anti-smoking advocates in nanny Seattle treating tobacco differently than marijuana? A smoker wants to know.
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Setting sail for the Salish Sea
Forget cleaning up Puget Sound: we have bigger waters to take care of. A new name for the Pacific Northwest's inland sea challenges us to rethink the region and its identity.
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Closing schools: here's a better way
A former school board member looks at the school closure options the board must vote on Jan. 29 and suggests that the members delay a year, partially reject Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson’s proposal, and instead create more K-8 schools.
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Why has free trade, key to this state's economy, gone all wobbly?
Congressional Democrats, including from this state, have stalled out trade talks. President Obama has gone silent on the key issues of trade liberalization. You'd think business leadership would be ringing alarm bells.