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Published November 20th, 2009 - 12:05AM
R andy Dorn’s timing is both politically astute and all wrong.
Published November 20th, 2009 - 12:05AM
“It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.”
Published November 19th, 2009 - 9:07AM
Departing Tacoma City Council members should resist the temptation to make a final mark (or two) on city government via the appointment process.
Published November 18th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Lakewood officials are absolutely right to challenge the state’s proposed Point Defiance bypass project that would send Amtrak passenger trains hurtling through the city at 79 mph. They would be seriously remiss if they didn’t.
Published November 18th, 2009 - 12:05AM
No doubt about it, the Tacoma School District needs to get its school renovation program back on track.
Published November 17th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Pierce County is facing a hard-knocks budget that would send more people to the unemployment line, give thieves a freer reign and stymie efforts to ensure timely justice.
Published November 16th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The Obama administration’s Race to the Top initiative has done Washington a painful favor. It has exposed just how hostile the state’s K-12 establishment has been to genuine education reform.
Published November 15th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Few things speak as emphatically as a 9-0 decision from the Washington State Supreme Court.
Published November 13th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Radical jihadism and moderate Islam are two different things. But if anti-Muslims tend to equate the moderates with the jihadists, the hypersensitive can make precisely the opposite mistake – with fatal consequences.
Published November 13th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The Pierce County Council’s determination to get rid of a Superior Court seat is looking less wise by the day.
Published November 12th, 2009 - 8:41AM
This may be the least popular question we raise all year, but here goes:
Published November 12th, 2009 - 8:41AM
People may argue about the death penalty, but no one’s likely to miss its latest recipient, John Allen Muhammad of Tacoma.
Published November 11th, 2009 - 12:05AM
South Sound voters reaped an unusually rich crop of new officeholders last week.
Published November 10th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Drug court is one of the best ideas ever to hit Pierce County’s criminal justice system. It’s just been joined by another great idea: veterans drug court.
Published November 9th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Failing to disclose public records can get expensive, as the state keeps finding out.

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