Amid the Obamamania, allow me to insert two contrarian thoughts. Both are by way of arguing that the change mantra will have to, er, change. And soon. A first reason is that other politicians, particularly those holding office, are going to get uneasy about all this call for change. In Maryland, for
After the devastating state auditor's report [http://www.sao.wa.gov/Reports/AuditReports/AuditReportFiles/ar1000008.pdf] [PDF], an ongoing Justice Department investigation [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=webport07m&date=20080107], and the Port of
Slate.com is out with its annual list of the top 60 American philanthropists [http://specials.slate.com/slate60/2007/], and there's a surprise for the mega-wealthy Northwest. Only one person from the region makes the list, Phil Knight, the Nike CEO, who comes in 16th of the top 60 for his $100 milli
Mossback is a Democratic delegate, and not for the first time. The caucus process brought back memories of divisive campaigns past, ones that could hold lessons for 2008.
Since 2004, we've been hearing complaints from Republicans about the way elections are run in Washington. Now they're at it again with accusations of votes not properly counted and alleged misconduct. Only this time, the bad guys in the stolen election aren't Seattle liberals but the Republicans the
