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Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S.

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:16:31 -0400

In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are palpable in both language and ...

I-5 bridge collapse raises questions about Washington state bridges

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:17 -0400

collapse of the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River, commuters who cross bridges everyday for work and school are taking tosocial media to wonder about the safety of their travel routes. With all of the work and planning being done on the Highway 520 bridge – a floating spancalled ';earthquake- and storm-vulnerable,'; by state Sen. Rodney Tom in ...

Scouting is bigger than any single policy Column

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:04 -0400

I hope America will remember that Scouting is bigger than any single policy. Hiking the Appalachian Trail with Troop 103, I learned two things: First, each Scout has his own pace and isn't inclined to hike at anyone else's. Second, everyone in our troop wanted to reach camp before sundown. Since our Scoutmaster made us hike together, we all had to walk at one speed and no Scout was ever ...

Seeking shared views amid IRS AP scandals Column

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:03 -0400

No matter who did or did not order government actions, they are offensive. Reflecting our fractured political landscape, much of the discussion of the recent scandals erupting from the executive branch of government has been thoroughly politicized.It's understandable, but it's also myopic and deeply troubling for those who believe that our civic life depends crucially on unfettered ...

The IRS targeted my organization Column

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:52:59 -0400

Linchpins of Liberty . Our motto is "to challenge the imagination of the rising generation." So what does that mean?Well, we mentor high school and college students in conservative political philosophy by engaging them with the great books and teaching them about America's moral and constitutional order. For now, I am a one-man show. Chief-cook-and-bottle-washer, as my parents used ...

YouToon Voting begins on Monday

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:52:56 -0400

The winner will receive a prize worth $250. You sent us more than 100 entries. Now we're picking our top five! Stay turned for your chance to help us pick the winner. Voting begins at noon on May 27 and lasts through noon May 31. The winner will receive a copy of the cartoon with his or her caption in it, signed by the artist and valued at $250. The winner's name and winning caption ...

Is Harbor Point the best deal we can get

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:53 -0400

Where's the outrage? The city's Board of Finance, in secret, decided to give $107 million to a wealthy developer for the benefit of an even wealthier corporation ("Harbor Point to get city financing," May 21). Apparently, ordinary citizens ...

Dear Tiny Desk Miss You

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:06 -0400

Tiny Desk , I don't know if you remember me, but I used to work maybe 20 feet from you. Before that, I worked about 10 feet from you, but people used to come stand behind me and breathe their miscellaneous lunch smells on my neck while you were entertaining guests, so I moved. When I saw our new building, it was so open that I assumed I would still be able to hear everything, even though ...

Whos The Best Drinker Dogs Cats Or Pigeons

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:06 -0400

It's a dog drinking water. It's also the answer to a riddle. When you and I take a drink, we can lift a glass, hold it to our mouth, tilt and use gravity to pour the water in. Dogs can't do that. In a pinch, we can kneel down, put our mouth to the surface and suck water up (or, to be polite, use a straw). Dogs can't do that either. They don't have sucking ability. Yet ...

Plimpton A Fond Look At A Man Of Letters

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:05 -0400

With: George Plimpton, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Graydon Carter, James Lipton, Hugh Hefner, Robert Kennedy Jr., Gay Talese If ever there was a man who made a virtue out of failure, it was George Plimpton. He played quarterback with the Detroit Lions without even knowing where to put his hands to take the snap. He had his nose bloodied by knockout king Archie Moore. He sweated through ...

Breakin The Rules 20 General Principles Suspended In Fast And Furious 6

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:05 -0400

. 1. Newton's Laws Of Motion 2. The Reluctance Of Brilliant Criminal Masterminds To Freely Confess 3. The Inability Of Two Things To Coexist In The Same Physical Space 4. The Integrity Of Vending Machines 5. Gravity 6. Gina Carano's Ability To Snap Most Of These People Like Twigs Pretty Quickly, If We're Being Honest 7. The Hardness Of Cars, Which Are Actually Kind Of ...

Pitbull Gets Epic You Constantly Have To Defend Your Success

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:05 -0400

. Armando Christian Perez -- better known as Pitbull or Mr. Worldwide -- has sold five million albums and had No. 1 hits in more than 15 countries. He's worked with artists like Usher, Enrique Iglesias and Jennifer Lopez. Now, he brings the party to the big screen in the new animated feature ...

Douglas Damon Illuminate HBOs Candelabra

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:05 -0400

- when you just consider the concept of the TV movie and its casting -- this new HBO Films production raises all sorts of questions: How much will be based on verifiable fact, and how much will be fictionalized? On an anything-goes premium-cable network such as HBO, how graphic will the sex scenes be? And the most important questions involve the drama's two leading men, playing an ...

IRS questions political groups

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:37:20 -0400

Republican strategist Karl Rove walks the floor of the 2012 Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. (Glen Stubbe / Minneapolis Star Tribune) Isn't it the responsibility of the IRS to protect taxpayers by denying 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status to partisan groups? I'm neither Republican nor a Democrat, but it seems to me that many conservative groups are blatantly ...

Sexual assault in the military

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:44:03 -0400

If Congress is serious about curbing rape in the military, it should remove all such cases from the military-justice system and place them in the civilian criminal court system ...

Catholic health-care systems in state hospitals

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:44:03 -0400

While everyone has been fearing Obamacare, what the people in Washington should fear is "popecare," as more and more of our local and regional hospitals are being turned over to the Catholic Church ...

Punchlines Prom season for Obama

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:43:45 -0400

Time magazine obtained photos of President Obama in 1979. One comedian questions what that weed is around his neck. Take a look at our favorite jokes, then vote for your own at ...

Where are the STEM jobs

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:37 -0400

Republicans and Democrats appear to agree on at least one thing: that the United States is facing a STEM (science, technology engineering and math) crisis. In his most ...

What do you want to hear from the Seattle Mayor candidates

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:49:30 -0400

Before Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess suddenly dropped out of the Mayor’s race, he mostly stuck to his core issues of Seattle Police reforms, better public schools and road maintenance. He led the field in fundraising, but he fared badly in several recent endorsements, including the King County Young Democrats and the 46th Legislative District Democrats. The most ...

Legislature considers tougher DUI laws

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:49:26 -0400

Just say yes to tougher DUI laws ," NWThursday, May 16]? A person convicted of a DUI can be sentenced to have a Breathalyzer in their car, but why not make it easier for everyone? Is the law meant to protect the innocent or to make money for the state from tickets? People stop for a drink after work and often do not know when they are over the limit. That is not an excuse, but they would ...

Graham Greenie flies into Senate race

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:36:12 -0400

"NextGen, working with our local partners, will be seeking to be a politically disruptive force between now and Election Day." -- A memo on billionaire greenie Tom Steyer's plans for the Markey/Gomez senate ...

Newspaper unfair to Minneapolis police

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:15:30 -0400

Whenever interactions between police and citizens result in death or serious injuries, in what is commonly called a "critical incident," the public needs to know what happened and whether their police officers acted properly in these tragic circumstances. Clearly, the media plays an important role in gathering and disseminating the facts so that the public can make its determination. ...

Proposed lower alcohol limit for drivers too severe

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:15:28 -0400

The earlier progress came after states lowered the blood alcohol concentration for driving under the influence from 0.10 to 0.08, raised the drinking age and adopted a "zero tolerance" rule for drivers under age 21. With the most potent changes already in place, public safety improvements have gotten a bit harder to come ...

Barack ‘prosecutes’ his war

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:33 -0400

President Obama Mind you, he said all this - complete with references to civil rights - at a time when the IRS has grossly violated the rights of conservatives and his Justice Department has suggested a Fox News reporter is a criminal. To cap it off, he closed with a line he ripped off from Bush’s surge speech, a reference to how victory in this war will not take the form of a ...

The J-joke’s on us

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:32 -0400

We agree with Andrew Cuomo.Earlier this week he told reporters that the state ethics commission that investigated the gropings of Vito Lopez but not the coverup by Shelly Silver was "the best" he could get through the state Legislature. And he’s right. It’s just not what he told us at the time. On that August day in 2011 when he signed the bill into law, there was no hint ...

Clothing the world shouldn’t be a death sentence

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:32:25 -0400

The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Monday, May 20:In Third World countries, workers often toil for pennies a day in backbreaking, life-threatening sweatshop jobs that are the margin between feeding a family and starvation.That imagery represents an uncomfortable truth about capitalism and global trade: Products marketed by mass retailers in Dallas, New York or London ...

Are White House scandals a Big Government scandal

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:32:23 -0400

BEN BOYCHUK and JOEL MATHISScripps Howard News Service05-23-13By BEN BOYCHUK and JOEL MATHISCongress this week delved deeper into claims that the Internal Revenue Service improperly targeted conservative and religious nonprofit groups for extraordinary scrutiny in 2009 and 2010, and kept mum about the until after the 2012 election.Meantime, the Washington Post reported that the Justice Department ...

Letters Bennett is right

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:28 -0400

What a breath of fresh air to read former Sen. Bob Bennett's article regarding John Swallow — something that really makes sense instead of the wild rhetoric to which we are exposed on a daily basis ("Swallow needs administrative leave," May 20). Regardless of whether Swallow is falsely accused or blatantly guilty, Bennett's suggestion that Swallow be placed on the ...

White House press corps has been turned into potted plants

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:28 -0400

On days when the president is coming, the White House press room, the East Room and even occasionally the Rose Garden are ornamented with dozens of objects that perform the decorative and utilitarian purpose of potted ...

Letters Let organizations decide

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:27 -0400

Rich McKeown, spokesman for Count My Vote (CMV) said, "We just think we can do better" (GOP delegates reject changes to nominating system," May 18). A few people believe their ideas on how to improve the process private organizations use to select their representatives. Then when the groups don't agree, these ideas should be imposed on them by force of law. If my friends and ...

Letters Murdock Canal trail

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:27 -0400

Fifteen years ago while serving as mayor of Highland, I sat in meetings with other elected officials where we discussed the possibilities of a trail along the Murdock ...

What others say Solving a non-problem

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:26 -0400

The following editorial appeared recently in the Philadelphia Daily News: Think back — back before we knew that the IRS was unacceptably targeting right-wing groups for scrutiny or that the Department of Justice was unbelievably searching the phone records of journalists. Think all the way back to February, when all anyone in Washington was talking about was the country's fiscal ...

Serious issues in Colorado prisons parole division

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:13:17 -0400

The Colorado Department of Corrections announced Wednesday that Tim Hand, director of the parole division, had been placed on a temporary paid leave of absence. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post) ( | ) The announcement Wednesday from the Department of Corrections that Tim Hand, the director of the parole division, had been placed on a temporary paid leave of absence coincides with the latest ...

Sergio Garcia chicken gaffe reveals our thin skin

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:40:08 -0400

Things weren't always so tense between Tiger Woods, left, and Sergio Garcia. They reached a low-point this week with Garcia's fried chicken remark. (ELISE ...

Throw Detroit pension trustees overboard

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:40:08 -0400

Scores of public sector pension fund administrators are skipping this ...

State Rep. Jeff Irwin Prisoner Re-Entry an investment in public safety

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:40:07 -0400

Prisoner Re-Entry (formerly the Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative). Prisoner Re-Entry provides housing and employment assistance, as well as other services, to inmates before and after they are released from prison. The goal is to reintegrate former prisoners as functioning and productive members of the community. Beginning in prison, inmates meet with outside agencies to coordinate their ...

Jay Evensen On Memorial Day look beyond the fog of war

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:46:51 -0400

Looking back 70 years with the sure knowledge that allied forces defeated the Nazis, it's hard to feel the heart-pounding fear of that day as crews loaded their B-17s, revved their engines, took their places behind guns or as navigators or pilots, walked the narrow catwalk above bomb bays and wondered if they had safely touched ground for the last ...

In our opinion Utahs caucus system needs reform

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:46:50 -0400

Many Utah voters, however, feel disenfranchised by the process, and some experts cite disillusionment with the caucus system as one of the primary reasons behind Utah's declining voter turnout in recent years. Many feel the decision has already been made for them by a relative handful of people, and, in some cases, that's exactly what happens at the state ...

In IRS Benghazi and AP scandals answers elusive Your Say Interactive

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:41:03 -0400

The Obama administration is juggling three controversies at once. The IRS is being scrutinized for targeting conservative groups. The Justice Department seized journalists' phone records. And the attack in Benghazi that left Americans dead is still be investigated. How much do the scandals matter? Here's how the public sees ...

Taking the Fifth blocks search for truth tellusatoday

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:41:01 -0400

We asked Twitter followers for thoughts on Lois Lerner citing her right against self-incrimination. The IRS official was placed on administrative leave Thursday. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:Two statements that are incompatible: I did nothing wrong, and I'm taking the Fifth.-- @RandyCole13She is hiding something or protecting someone. The buck stopped with her as head of the ...

Does Anthony Weiner deserve a second chance Your Say

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:40:59 -0400

Anthony Weiner announced this week that he would be running for New York City mayor. He resigned from the U.S. House after a sexting scandal in 2011. Comments from Facebook and Twitter:Stay out of the spotlightI miss the good old days when the politicians got caught doing something stupid, humiliating or embarrassing, then resigned and slipped away to live out their lives in obscurity.-- Mike ...

Readers take issue with Jolie coverage Objections

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:40:57 -0400

Cancer patient: Angelina Jolie isn't the brave one ."Are we as a society being socialized to believe that we're in such an archaic competition with each other that we must even battle over which of us is the bravest? Bravery and responsibility are not mutually exclusive. Angelina Jolie put her entire career on the line to selflessly provide support to other people struggling with ...

May 24 Letters To the Editor

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:27:59 -0400

Margery Eagan ignores the well-documented health, economic and environmental benefits of bicycle use in her column ("There’s just no more road to share," May 21).Bikes are great. So, how can we collaborate to make our roadways a safe and friendly place for both cars and bikes? That’s the conversation we should be having. Perhaps Eagan should hop on a bike and ride around our ...

Obamacare Covering everything but what you need

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:27:58 -0400

They wouldn’t cover things such as surgery, hospital stays or prenatal care. That sounds similar to an auto insurance policy that reimburses you when you change the oil but not when your car gets totaled.You might ask how Obamacare could encourage the proliferation of such policies. It was sold as a way to provide more coverage for more people, after all.And people were told they could keep ...

Obama drone policy strikes balance Our view

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:26 -0400

A Navy drone launches off the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia. It will help develop other unmanned, carrier-based ...

Drones weaken USAs moral might Opposing view

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:24 -0400

There are more effective ways of winning hearts and minds and creating livelihoods worth living, not sacrificing. Armed drones, at first blush, are a boon to America's military toolkit, as President Obama reinforced in his counterterrorism speech on Thursday. Drones, in the short run at least, could mean fewer U.S. troops deployed and fewer American lives lost. OUR ...

Boy Scouts march half-step forward Our view

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:21 -0400

Thursday's vote might well make it easier to fight prejudice in a new generation of Scouts. Sometimes progress comes in unsatisfying increments. That was true Thursday, when the Boy Scouts of America approved a half-measure that will allow openly gay Scouts into the organization for the first time, effective Jan. 1. Cheers should surely be muted because the Scouts couldn't bring ...

For Feuer no time to waste on L.A. medical marijuana issue Opinion

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:45 -0400

Los Angeles voters' approval of Proposition D on Tuesday, after a California Supreme Court ruling earlier this month, helped to clarify city officials' objectives when it comes to medical marijuana dispensaries but hardly solved the legal complexities. Both because the immediate goal is clear and because achieving it will be difficult, it's vital that elected L.A. city ...

Editorial California must keep politicians pay in check

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:45 -0400

State revenue is up. The California budget deficit appears to be gone. Sacramento is debating what to do with the expected surplus. Use it to improve government services and help the poor? Save it so that the next recession isn't as painful as the last? Naturally, elected officials would like some of it to be used to make life easier for ... elected officials. They have (just) enough ...

Rebuilding in Oklahomas Tornado Alley

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:06 -0400

At day’s end Monday, the number killed by a massive tornado was reported to be at least 51, with more expected as rescue workers dug through the wreckage. That was more than twice the number later confirmed dead. A spokeswoman for the examiner’s office blamed it on ...

SEC should adopt Franken plan on credit ratings agencies

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:05 -0400

A sensible, bipartisan solution to the conflicts of interest that too often arise between credit ratings agencies and the firms that hire them to judge their products should be adopted by the Securities and Exchange ...

Tax reform Are you really a believer

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:03 -0400

Apple CEO Tim Cook, center, flanked by Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, left, and Phillip A. Bullock, Apple's head of Tax Operations, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent ...

Guest Repeal liquor fee for retailers to supply restaurants

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:52:19 -0400

The 17-percent fee when local retailers and grocers supply liquor to restaurants has left local businesses at a competitive disadvantage, according to guest columnists Anthony Anton and Joe ...

The multiplier effect of skimping on higher education

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:04 -0400

Higher education in this state does not get the respect it deserves for the role colleges and universities play in powering Washington’s economy. Lawmakers meeting in special session to sort out a state budget need to remember the payoff that comes, literally, from investments in higher education. For too long the Legislature has been pinching pennies on funding for higher-ed ...

Setting limits on drones

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:04:05 -0400

Congress , which set limits that have made that difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. His choice to lift the moratorium on transferring Guantanamo detainees to Yemen (the country of origin for a large number of them) will likely help in this regard. It's difficult to dispute that drone attacks are sometimes necessary to fight terrorism and have been effective in that regard. ...

Boy Scouts’ gay ban

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:56 -0400

James Oliver, left, stands behind his brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Will Oliver, who is gay, as he makes comments during a news conference in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Scouts and their families have delivered a petition to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters urging an end to a policy banning gay scouts and leaders from the organization. (Tony Gutierrez ...

Seattle marijuana zoning just words on paper without enforcement

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:56 -0400

Seattle City Council’s proposed marijuana zoning rules would have been great a year ago. But as I was sitting in on a City Hall news conference yesterday, I wondered how what difference it would really ...

Mental illness manual no bible Column

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:32 -0400

bipolar disorder with psychotic features . He has been prescribed a cornucopia of medications. One psychiatrist put him on an anti-psychotic that the next doctor called a placebo. Another prescribed a medication that made his condition worse.Unlike many other physical ailments, there are no acceptable scientific tests that can pinpoint mental disorders. A blood test won't tell doctors which ...

Carroll Countys gun law nullification fantasy

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:48:06 -0400

Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's council kicked off the trend with a resolution stating its intent that no county resources be used to enforce the law. Harford took a ...

Inspiring greatness from black graduates

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:19 -0400

Although the vast majority of black children complete high school, most do not complete college. Many first-generation college students have fewer financial, family and community resources to persist through the more challenging aspects of college, such as dealing with financial obligations, meeting academic requirements and finding opportunities for postbaccalaureate ...

Whos stealing government flowers

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:17 -0400

Not so on federal land. The flowers in Washington’s many parks are government property and the feds take just as dim a view of that as trying to drive off in an F-16. (The irony is that when it comes time to replace, say, the tulips, the National Park Service will give away the bulbs to people passing by because it’s cheaper to buy new ones each spring rather than store the old bulbs ...

What others sayObamas forgotten victims

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:33 -0400

New York Times columnist Mirza Shahzad Akbar speaks out about the forgotten victims of president Obama's use of drones in the war on ...

Commentary claims liberals are shocked by Obama administration

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:33 -0400

';Like Captain Renault, liberals are now shocked, shocked to discover Obama & Co. have been using intimidating tactics.'; Or at least that’s the claim Peter Wehner makes in his recent piece ...

Ballard fights against bike policy

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:48:19 -0400

A Plan B for the 'missing link,' Opinion, May 16]. One of the first things I learned was to cross at a 90-degree angle. Even to a 10-year-old, this is not rocket science. But it seems to be beyond the capabilities of the adult bicyclists of Seattle, who are demanding their own red carpet through Ballard. Remember, these are people who are not required to register their bicycles, ...

What others say Teachers show heroics during Oklahoma tornado

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:21 -0400

Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ...

No NBA for Seattle

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:57 -0400

Seattle's NBA hopes rise despite defeat ," page one, May 19]. Having come from Chicago and the heyday of the Bulls, I can relate to the excitement of some pretty great games. However, I have a solution for the Seattle basketball fans during basketball season. This is, of course, if you don't already participate in these activities. Go to a play or see a concert. How about a comedy ...

Sexual assault in the military

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:57 -0400

Rep. Gael Tarleton, D-Seattle, is right to address the plague of sexual assault occurring within the military, but wrong in her suggested remedies ...

Apple juice on Capitol Hill

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:57 -0400

Apple executives were shocked, shocked to find U.S. senators who were amazed at the technology giant’s capacity to avoid taxes. Maybe the incredulous response was appropriate. Congressional indifference has aided and abetted the scam for years. Apple moves billions of dollars around the planet before it lands in Ireland for a bit of Irish cream. Low taxes and, sweeter still, tax avoidance. ...

Before Midnight Jesse And Celine Are Older Now And So Are We

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:38 -0400

is information that they don't want. But it's impossible -- absolutely impossible -- to write about the movie without talking about where they stand and what the premise is. I did my absolute best to spoil as little beyond that as possible. But if it's extremely important to you not to know whether he missed the plane, whether they've seen each other in the last nine years, or ...

Congress supports an Israeli defensive attack against Iran

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:48:04 -0400

Senate Resolution 65 urging the U.S. government to offer "diplomatic, military, and economic support to the Government of Israel" in the event that Israel's government "is compelled to take military action in legitimate self-defense against Iran’s nuclear weapons ...

The U.S. House of Representatives should reject GOP-led student loan bill

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:48:03 -0400

U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene’s bill wouldextend current low student loan interest rates.(Photo by Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times) The House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on aplan by Congressional Republicans toavert a scheduleddoubling of student loan interest rates. The bill is a bad one that lawmakers should reject in favor of a solution offered by U.S. Rep Suzan DelBene, ...

Punchlines Legalized marijuana in Kentucky

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:47:40 -0400

Legalized marijuana is making its way back into the headlines as Los Angeles votes to restrict its reach, Colorado continues to expand it and Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both of Kentucky, fight to bring hemp to their state.See what the late-night comedians had to say about the "war on pot" (one said the widespread use of pot in Colorado could be compared to a reggae festival ...

A painless step forward in abortion policy Column

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:47:39 -0400

"It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United States that the slaughtering of livestock and the handling of livestock in connection with slaughter shall be carried out only by humane ...