Read this interesting story about the Seattle School Board [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2004316803_promises31m.html?]. You'll find the new language of big-company management being spoken by the new boardmembers, all of whom promised to bring that perspective to the troubled distr
Okay, classify this as a pet peeve, but it bugs me when politicians, including Christine Gregoire, wave the bloody shirt of the Minnesota bridge collapse as an all-purpose rationale to boost infrastructure spending. Gregoire has done this often. She raised the specter of the Minnesota disaster as an
Tacoma's Cushman dam reduced parts of the Skokomish to a trickle years ago, and the time to repair the damage — to salmon habitat and to the Skokomish people — is now.
Officials at Washington State University announced last week [http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=14255] that the school plans to build new dorms. On the face of it, the initiative seems long overdue: The school hasn't built dorms in 37 years. However, the $26 million dollar residen
In Sunday's Washington's Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/29/AR2008032901909_pf.html] Hillary Clinton makes clear she's not going away till the bitter end, and it will be bitter if it doesn't go her way:
