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The case for more rail transit
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Sound Transit showdown
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At the top floors, the high and mighty are in denial
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Little boxes, crammed together
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Our cultural amnesia
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More fun than Deliverance!
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Bus envy
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Helpful policy tips for Dino Rossi
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The geekiest arsonist
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Bob Simmons

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A mere five lifetimes of independence

How long ago was that, when Thomas Jefferson's command of words was such that he could change the political universe with a simple, declarative essay that set fire to the world of tolerated tyranny?

Actually it was just the other day, in presidential timelines.

The animal-waste problem is, and is not, a load of crap

Researchers in Snohomish County estimate that pets there account for waste equivalent to a city of 32,000. That's a lot of nasty bacteria in surface-water runoff.

Seattle's water is Bellingham's wishful drinking

Motorboats, dogs, people — they're all in it up in Whatcom County. Now the state of Washington is cracking down.

A plea bargain douses the scandal of the Thirtymile Fire

The darkest moment in U.S. Forest Service history won't be told — not to a jury, anyway.

Bob Simmons is a freelance writer and former KING-TV journalist living in Bellingham, Wash. You can reach him in care of editor@crosscut.com.
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Mossback » Channeled scablands.

More fun than Deliverance!

Spend your summer vacation in Eastern Washington, an exotic locale where lakes are slippery, the Scablands surprising, and wheat farmers are smashing stuff for fun.

RFK Jr.'s plot to destroy the planet

Our cultural amnesia

Arts Beat »

Olympia songwriter Kimya Dawson has her eye on Sesame Street

The indie musician who rose to prominence with the movie Juno is otherwise sticking to her modest lifestyle.

The executive director of PONCHO is fired

Tobias Wolff reflects on his upbringing by a brutal stepfather

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Business / Technology »

Are WaMu shareholders about to get another haircut?

Earnings report is due next Tuesday, and it may require sale of more equity, at a discount, to cover expected losses.

Seattle's dailies and a union get down to it

My day with the ranchers

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Editorial cartoonists join the endangered list at newspapers

Ranks are thinning as papers cut costs and shift to syndicated cartoons. Seattle P-I's David Horsey also laments Bush fatigue: "there was not anything particularly funny or clever left to say about this guy being incompetent or disastrous."

David Horsey replies with McCain cartoon spoofing New Yorker cover

Jerry Springer's sea of troubles

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