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I really wanted to cheerlead the symbolic gesture Chris Murphy and other Senate Democrats engaged in yesterday. It's certainly good politics, as I have no doubt the bill they were filibustering on behalf of would be similarly overwhelmingly popular. But I can't quite do it;...

Thank you, Lummi Nation

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On May 9, 2016

The Lummi Nation, in Northwest Washington, has long been among the most politically organized and active tribes in the Northwest, and today they've scored a significant victory, not just for.

LeeEsq in comments the other day pointed to this story in the New York Times, about a controversy over curricular choices in South Asian history. The dispute centers on whether the region that includes modern-day India, Pakistan and Nepal should be referred to as India...

Paying the parkers

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On April 20, 2016

At some point, I'll inevitably put up a long, boring, anguished, conflicted post about the draft proposal for Sound Transit III, an expansion of mass transit in the Puget Sound.

Skyping with Rousseau

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On March 31, 2016
Normally I try to keep in mind that one's dreams are almost always boring to other people, but this one I think may be an exception. Not your average teaching stress/anxiety dream. In my dream last night, the latest technological innovation was the capacity to...

Dumbfounded?

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On March 31, 2016

Today in appalling innovations in abortion law: Utah Gov. Gary Herbert just signed a law that will require doctors to ignore best medical practice and give some women unnecessary anesthesia.

Kids today

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On March 21, 2016

Justin Weinberg does a fine job of taking apart a particularly egregious example of the "these kids today" jeremiad from Ron Srigley, identifying virtually all the common tropes deployed in.

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