Seattle Area Politics Examiners
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Seattle Weekly writer/editor Nina Shapiro is at it again in her “Daily Weekly” blog, demanding that the Legislature do something in the...
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It is growing more apparent with each passing year that Christmas is quickly becoming yet another casualty of political correctness. It...
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In 2008 when Senator Obama was running for President, he frequently made statements as to how he was going help the (senior citizens)...
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Currently, the demand for organs for transplant far exceeds the number of organs harvested from human cadavers. As a result many seriously ill individuals die from diseased...
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President Obama's choice of Ken Salazar has been controversial from the beginning. It is not encouraging that Salazar currently has a...
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In a piece by Reuben Abati, one of the foremost columnists in Nigeria (re-produced here with permission), the veteran columnist addresses...
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Northwest Airline Flight 253 from Amsterdam at Detroit Airport AP Photo/J.P. Karas Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab of Nigeria...
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Back in January 1985, I was fresh out of undergrad and living in Atlanta. I decided to fly one-way to my parents' home in Orlando, Florida to pick up some of my belongings that...
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Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file In an episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from...
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In recent years, I've become increasingly hesitant about sitting down to write about the American political and legal scene. The fact is, every time I do so, sucking down a valium...
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Analysis: Many question 'system worked' comment
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The Obama administration claim that "the system worked" after a failed aircraft bombing wasn't quite as jolting as President George W. Bush's "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job" when New Orleans was sinking under deadly Hurricane Katrina. But both raised disturbing questions about presidential response in a time of crisis.