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In my time, I have twice grown a full beard, once for a competition, and once for a fundraiser. My barbaric exploits are nothing, though, c...

Anyone interested in criminal justice and civil liberties in the Age of Perpetual Terrorism should read Brendan Kiley's deconstruction o...

The Seattle Times has taken up the cause of legalizing marijuana. First, in its own editorial : Marijuana should be legalized, regulated a...

Denis Dutton , founder of the essential Arts and Letters Daily , has passed away. Nick Gillespie's kind words are worth reading. In ef...

It's one thing to believe stupid things when you're young. It's another to publish them for all the world to see. It's ano...

A little over a year ago, I blogged about an LD topic that led to quite interesting debates: whether felons should have the right to vote. ...

The New York Times notes the death of Stephen Toulmin. Stephen Toulmin, an influential philosopher who conducted wide-ranging inquiries in...

Spokane's elementary schools will now employ a 4-point grading scale based on state standards, the local newspaper reports. Most elemen...

It appears that Capital, along with the three other remaining teams from the tiny Western Cascade Conference (itself part of the WCC/OWL--co...

Yep. A "D" average is good enough to earn a diploma, according to the Seattle Public Schools. The district is considering dropping...

I'd love to know what late adopters like Christina think of Google's in-development " Fast Flip ." (Initial impression: n...

1. Kent teachers defy court order; continue strike. (There's no Becca Bill for teachers.) 2. Obama urges all children to assimilate i...

In the Olympia School District, we won't be in school on Tuesday when President Obama delivers a speech to the nation's students. Ne...

Northwesterners have heard for years that a massive earthquake is bound to crash Washington state sometime, maybe soon, and it'll make t...

Back in February of 2008, Capital High School went on lockdown because of a nearby bank robbery. At the time, I wrote, For about 45 minutes...

The drug war has apparently driven an East Hartford, Connecticut administrator to distraction--and resignation. A middle school assistant pr...

If there's an excuse for plagiarism, Seattle mayoral candidate James Donaldson is going to find it: Seattle mayoral candidate James Don...

Remember Olestra, also known as Olean ? You know, back when the way to shave off pounds wasn't through a fad geographically- or masochis...

Local Democrat Brian Baird won't be hosting any town halls this summer, blaming protesters who've been interrupting town hall meetin...

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