Category: U.S. Politics
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Washington Measles Outbreak Shows Anti-Vaxxers Are Literally Making Us Sick
The State of Washington has declared an emergency because of a measles outbreak in Clark County, which is across the river from Portland, Oregon. To the surprise of no one, the outbreak has occurred, almost exclusively, among the unvaccinated. The motivation of those who refuse to vaccinate their children—whether it is fear, ideology, or thoughtlessness—is irrelevant. They…
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At UW, Hostility to Dissent Is Spreading Silence
When I was a graduate student at the University of Washington in 2005, I was told by a professor that the department was gossiping about me. My crime? Read the rest at Puget Sound Business Journal.
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We Lost Models of Civility in 2018
On Feb. 3, 1959, singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and “The Big Bopper” died in a plane crash. That tragedy became known as The Day the Music Died. Similarly, though there was no single catastrophic event, 2018 may become known as The Year Civility Died. Read the rest at Puget Sound Business Journal.
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Seattle City Council’s Ideological Mission Interferes with Good Governance
Is there a major city in America more overtly hostile to small businesses than Seattle? If there is one, I don’t know what it could be. Read the rest at Puget Sound Business Journal.
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Seattle Politicians Should Pay Attention to Seattle, Not National Issues
Seattle City Hall obviously thinks that it has solved all of our community’s problems. How else can we explain Mayor Jenny Durkan’s decision to take a hiatus from governing to protest immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas? Read the rest at Puget Sound Business Journal.
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Seattle’s Homelessness Crisis Is About to Become a Public Health Catastrophe
Seattle faces a public health catastrophe if King County and the Seattle City Council don’t deal with the squalid conditions at the city’s homeless encampments. Read the rest at Puget Sound Business Journal.
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From St. Paul to the American church: Partisanship is Poison. Focus on Truth Instead.
What if St. Paul, a Christian global strategist, who wrote most of the letters in the New Testament, could write a letter to the Church in America? We imagine it would read as follows. Read the rest at USA Today.
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March for Science Was Just an Excuse to Attack Trump and Republicans
In Washington and cities around the country last weekend, events labeled The March for Science should have been labeled The March Against Trump. Few Republicans were invited and marchers carried signs that urged “Resist” and other anti-Trump slogans. Read the rest at Fox News.