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Being a U.S. soldier in a war zone is hazardous duty, but at least Americans know they’ll be coming home to a safer place when their tour of duty ends.
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When it comes to distracted driving, texting-obsessed teens are the problem, right?
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Washington’s state park system is a venerable one – fourth-oldest in the nation and four years older than the national parks.
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Tragedy often has a predictable aftermath: first shock and grief, then anger.
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Not a big fan of urban sprawl? Then you should like mixed-use development – the kind of project being considered for Tacoma’s Proctor District.
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The Tacoma City Council has complicated an already complex decision on light rail in Tacoma. That’s OK – as long as it doesn’t also derail the decision.
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As the craziness emanating out of North Korea keeps ratcheting up, one almost longs for the good old days of the Cold War. At least then we knew our adversary and had a certain level of confidence that the Soviet Union had no interest in self-destruction – the inevitable result if it launched its ICBMs at us.
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Last year’s McCleary decision is not just about money.
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So far, the 2013 Legislature hasn’t shown much interest in keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerously unbalanced people.
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A recent Time magazine article on the cost of health care points out that while the United States spends twice as much on health care per capita as most other developed countries, we have the same or worse outcomes. One reason is that we don’t understand what we’re buying, writes Steven Brill in “Bitter Pill: Why medical bills are killing us.”
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The Legislature doesn’t normally amend an initiative within two years of its passage. But the state doesn’t have that kind of time as it makes the rules for the soon-to-arrive legal marijuana industry.
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Many Washingtonians have a love affair with boats. But when the romance wears off, owners often walk out on them. And guess who ends up footing the bill for these derelict vessels?
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The Department of Veterans Affairs’ delays in acting on disability claims isn’t just inconvenient. Congressional testimony Thursday indicates that at least two veterans may have died “due to delay in care.”
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Since the Great Recession hit five years ago, the Legislature has had to do dumb things with money – short-term spending cuts that, long term, were bound to cost more money than they saved.
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The housing market is improving, with inventory going down and prices ticking up. People who had been hesitant to list their homes for sale are rethinking that choice.
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