Secret to a happy marriage: 'Yes, dear'
Our humorist explains why active listening is overrated.
Our humorist explains why active listening is overrated.
Plans for Seattle Center, the University of Washington and the Capitol Campus in Olympia suggest that public agencies, like private developers, are willing to flatten historic buildings if they get in the way. What kind of historic preservation message is that?
The Columbia Basin Herald this past week characterized House Speaker Frank Chopp as being a Forrest Gump [http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/03/20/editorials/edit01.txt], "stupid is as stupid does" villain for opposing big proposed tax breaks for Microsoft and Yahoo. The tax concession
Local media featured this past week the story of how Rep. Jim McDermott's 2002 pre-Iraq War journey to Baghdad took place and was financed [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004311506_mcdermott28m.html]. The account does not smell right.
The Vashon Eagles were fuming when Washington passed its smoking ban. Two years later, the smoke has cleared and, really, it's not a big deal.