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For-profit prophesy: An Oregon library system reopens under new management
Jackson County couldn't make up $7 million in lost federal funds, so book-lending and other tasks are being outsourced.
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Why can't this environmentally aware city e-mail me my bill?
You can pay your Seattle utlitity bill online, but you can't opt out of snail-mailed notices, and they won't alert you by e-mail when it's time to pay. Meanwhile, the private sector is well along the path to paperless transactions.
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Michael Medved sticks up for his column on slavery in America
The Seattle-based national radio host has been the talk of the blogosphere this week. And he was flamed as the "Worst Person in the World" by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann for an article about America's culpability in the institution of slavery. He spoke with Crosscut's David Neiwert about why he believes
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My way is the highway, and so it is for most people
In answer to King County Executive Ron Sims, who opposes the roads-and-transit ballot measure: Saving the polar bears is nice, but more highway capacity is an economic imperative, for individuals and businesses alike.
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A painful reminder for Seattle in The War
The big, flawed PBS miniseries has the positive effect of making us consider again how so many accepted an unjust action against Japanese Americans.