Mossback is a Democratic delegate, and not for the first time. The caucus process brought back memories of divisive campaigns past, ones that could hold lessons for 2008.
Since 2004, we've been hearing complaints from Republicans about the way elections are run in Washington. Now they're at it again with accusations of votes not properly counted and alleged misconduct...
Peter Callaghan of the Tacoma News-Tribune is reporting a clean sweep for Barack Obama in Garfield County, where he took 100 percent of the caucus vote and received the county's lone delegate...
Barack Obama isn't the only anti-war politician who thinks we're at a pivotal point in history and is inspiring young people to rally to his cause. There's Lyndon LaRouche. Outside the Obama rally at...
At the Barack Obama rally in Seattle on Feb. 8, there was an unexpected contingent that had infiltrated the excited crowd at Key Arena: our neighbors to the North. In the press section there was a guy...
As the local real estate market sags and the economy slows, are there any bright sides to a recession? Cities built on over-consumption and real-estate speculation have their busts, but there could be...
Last week I wrote an item about the recent court decision in Oregon on whether or not a 12 year old Olympia boy should be circumcised. The court ruled the lad should have a say in the matter. My...
I've been fascinated with presidential campaign buttons all my life--or at least since I was a tyke who ran through the house wearing an Eisenhower flasher hollering "I yike Ike!" in 1956, a campaign...
An Associated Press story on an Oregon court case should be put in the "What were they thinking?" file. An Oregon mother has taken her ex-husband to court over her ex's desire to have their 12-year...
Here's a great moment in American educational ignominy (and no, I'm not talking about the WASL, that's a couple of paragraphs further down). In March, the U.S. Postal Service is releasing a group of...
