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Sunday, November 8, 2009 - Page updated at 11:45 a.m.

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Ed Cetera

Ed Cetera Blog

Costly lesson on open government
NEW - 11/06, 04:24 PM

The agency that probably spends more on litigration and settlements than any other governmental arm just learned another expensive lesson.

Editorials

Let's speed up ballot counting in this state

Invest in safe haven for teenage prostitutes

Seattle City Attorney Holmes starts with a clean slate

Warren Buffett, the collector

Kirkland: under new management

Improvement comes to the Seattle School Board

Opinion

Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist | A tragic clash of cultures

An Iraqi immigrant father runs down his daughter with his car and calls it honor. That is not honor, writes columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. It is an act of appalling cowardice suggestive not simply of religious extremism but of a people in fear of the sexuality and independence of women.

Ryan Blethen / Times editorial columnist | Referendum 71 shows Washington's strategy for marriage equality is working

Ellen Goodman / Syndicated columnist | There's no democracy for Afghanistan without respect for its women

Guest columnist | Cut the South Carolina jokes, Seattle. Get ready to compete

Guest columnist | Seattle City Council should revisit Seattle Children's expansion plans

Paul Krugman / Syndicated Columnist | The economy is starting to look like Obama's Anzio

Charles Krauthammer / Syndicated columnist | Tuesday's election shoots down the myth of a political realignment

David Brooks / Syndicated columnist | What do independent voters really want?

Guest columnist | Embrace technology to turn nuclear energy into environmental solution

Froma Harrop / Syndicated columnist | How carpetbagging conservatives blew a congressional race in upstate New York

George Will / Syndicated columnist | The corruption of strangers: America's man in Afghanistan

E.J. Dionne / Syndicated columnist | The electorate's mood is angry — just not far-right-wing angry

Nicholas D. Kristof / Syndicated Columnist | We most certainly do NOT have the world's best health-care system

Joni Balter / Seattle Times editorial columnist | Susan Hutchison's stealth campaign fizzles

David S. Broder / Syndicated columnist | Election signals problems for Obama's party

Guest columnist | Invest in Seattle City Light to keep the lights on

Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist | Prosecutor's fishing trip blocks justice for man behind bars

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The Democracy Papers

The Democracy Papers is a series of articles, essays and editorial opinion examining threats to our freedoms of speech. Technology has created space for more voices, yet fewer and fewer are heard.

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