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The unpopularity of populism
This year, presidential candidates who embraced issues like class warfare, corporate greed, and monetary reform have done poorly. Populism seems to have lost its pop.
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The (political) pause that refreshes
Like everyone I know, I am spending hours watching the presidential-campaign tangos on TV, stopping only when my eyes roll back in my head. But now, when I'm getting too tired, too worried, or too angry, I know it's time to take a break and click on the one campaign ad that anyone, of any party, can
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Downtown condo developers, beware of too many towers too close
Seattle Post-Intelligencer architecture critic Lawrence Cheek makes some excellent observations [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ae/349055_architecture29.html] about the new urban renaissance of residential high-rises in downtown Seattle, praising design qualities of the recently completed 5th and Mad
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The Northwest whiskey rebellion
Entrepreneurs are lifting spirits with a rash of new distilleries in the region, putting a little more zip in the agri-tourism boom.
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Oregon's circumcision decision: Calling Dr. Freud
An Associated Press story on an Oregon court case should be put in the "What were they thinking?" file. An Oregon mother has taken her ex-husband to court over her ex's desire to have their 12-year-old son circumcised. This is part of an 8-year-long custody battle.