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Boy Scouts’ gay ban
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 ...
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Seattle marijuana zoning just words on paper without enforcement
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 ...
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Mental illness manual no bible Column
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 ...
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Carroll Countys gun law nullification fantasy
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 ...
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Inspiring greatness from black graduates
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 ...
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Whos stealing government flowers
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 ...
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What others sayObamas forgotten victims
New York Times columnist Mirza Shahzad Akbar speaks out about the forgotten victims of president Obama's use of drones in the war on ...
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Commentary claims liberals are shocked by Obama administration
';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 ...
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Ballard fights against bike policy
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, ...
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What others say Teachers show heroics during Oklahoma tornado
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 ...
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IRS questions political groups
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., gestures as he speaks in an Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to the tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press) Were the tea-party groups "social-welfare ...
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No NBA for Seattle
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 ...
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Sexual assault in the military
Rep. Gael Tarleton, D-Seattle, is right to address the plague of sexual assault occurring within the military, but wrong in her suggested remedies ...
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Apple juice on Capitol Hill
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 ...
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Before Midnight Jesse And Celine Are Older Now And So Are We
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, ...
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Congress supports an Israeli defensive attack against Iran
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 ...
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The U.S. House of Representatives should reject GOP-led student loan bill
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, ...
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Punchlines Legalized marijuana in Kentucky
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 ...
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A painless step forward in abortion policy Column
"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 ...
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Editorial Tim Murray takes his leave
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray yesterday gave the people of Massachusetts his two-week notice, thus drawing a curtain on one of the most underwhelming tenures of a statewide office-holder in recent Massachusetts history. And that’s saying something.Murray is trading the privilege of elected office for what amounts to a bigger salary and a shorter commute, resigning with nearly two years left in his ...
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Living In Two Worlds But With Just One Language
Mexican white girl doesn't speak Spanish ." Like many others who have written to The Race Card Project, she grew up in bilingual household but never learned the language of her elders. O'Brien says she often feels like she has a foot in two worlds, but is never fully accepted in either. Whites often assume she is Greek or Mediterranean because her face is slightly angular and her ...
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Obama needs to be more of a leader
When Harry Truman was President, he had a sign on his desk saying "The buck stops here." It is very evident that our current leader is ...
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Politics and the seven deadly sins
Two centuries and some change ago, retired U.S. president turned farmer John Adams wrote a letter to Benjamin Rush, an old doctor friend of his. In his letter was this little gem:"Is the present state of the national republic enough? Is virtue the principle of our government? Is honor? Or is ambition and avarice, adulation, baseness, covetousness, the thirst for riches, indifference ...
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Grateful for Murdock Canal Trail
All too often we fail to express gratitude for blessings we have in our lives. I just got off the bike after another spectacular ride through the north end of Utah County on the Murdock Canal Trail. This trail is 19 miles of pure pleasure as it connects our communities from the Point of the Mountain to the Provo Canyon Trail.Fifteen years ago while serving as Mayor of Highland City I sat in ...
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Letters Caucus fails to represent
It was upsetting to see so many of my fellow delegates at the Republican convention vote to keep the status quo. The caucus system is not representative of the voters, and the delegates, endowed with so much power, have no incentive to change and dilute their voting ...
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Historical schooner Bowdoin is a state asset
The Bowdoin recently undertook a short tour of Maine’s coastline, stopping in Portland and Bath so that the public could explore the ship and get a taste of the state’s maritime history, the historical schooner, built in 1921 and operated by the Maine Maritime Academy, is a historical jewel with a rich and fascinating history.
Nowadays ships are built to be big and imposing, the Oasis-class cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, the biggest cruise ship in the world at 47 meters wide, 360 meters long and capable of carrying 6000 passengers and the Mærsk E-class container ship Ebba Mærsk at 397 meters long and 47 meters wide, have set benchmarks in the size of these various kinds of ships. Read more
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