Santa is a spy
Jeff Lyles and I wrote: Jingle Bells, something smells, Santa is a spy. He works for the NSA. What a sneaky guy! Jingle Bells, something smells, in the USA. The Constitution is at risk....
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Size matters, but not as much as quality: More good government, less bad government, please!
Most debates about politics in America concern the question of how big the government should be. Conservatives want small government. Liberals want big government. At least that’s the standard framing of the issues. Of...
Surprise finding: What's blocking Bertha, the tunnel boring machine?
Matt Preedy, deputy WSDOT viaduct replacement program administrator, and Chris Dixon, project manager with Seattle Tunnel Partners, announced today that engineers had discovered what’s blocking Bertha, the giant tunnel-boring drill stuck beneath Pier 48...
Five political ideologies, in one easy image
If government is broken, fix it, don’t destroy it. For further explanation, see: Anarchism, Libertarianism and the way forward Without Government We’d Still be Hunter-Gatherers Government is like a Computer Operating System
Seattle Teachers Association selected as the most valuable union nationwide
The Nation selected the Seattle Teachers Association as the MOST VALUABLE UNION: The Progressive Honor Roll of 2013. “When teachers at Seattle’s Garfield High School refused to administer the Measures of Academic Progress test...
High tech corporations export jobs and profits, import workers
http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/13/zuckerberg-to-use-facebook-to-boost-immigrant-worker-bill/ Progressives unknowingly allied themselves with rich corporations on immigration reform. High tech companies like Microsoft, google, Apple, and Amazon.com hire thousands of foreign engineers but generally refuse to pay taxes that would support...
Rodney Tom should act like a Democrat or switch back to the GOP
(originally published at the Bellevue Reporter, in condensed form) Anyone paying attention to the goings-on in Olympia would know that there’s nothing bipartisan about the Senate “majority coalition” under the leadership of Bellevue’s Sen....
Three midday Sunday events for Seattle-area progressive policy wonks
Sunday midday there are three events I want to attend: Frank Chopp’s appearance at the KC Dems LAC meeting at Montlake Library (2401 24 Avenue East, Seattle. Montlake Branch of Library), at 1PM; the...
How much can we tell about a person by how they look?
I tend to think that personality and intelligence manifest in looks. For example, you can see kindness and intelligence and grace in a person’s face. So I ask: Can looks alone reveal a lot...