The Seattle Times: Danny Westneat http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/index.html en-us Copyright 2012 The Seattle Times Company Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:27:50 PST Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:27:50 PST MattBase 1 The Seattle Times: Danny Westneat http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ Little late for birth-control debate http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2017449909_danny08.html?syndication=rss So much for postpartisan. A decision to require that health plans cover birth control has sparked a tea-partylike uprising, particularly with the Catholic Church. Danny Westneat http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2017449909_danny08.html?syndication=rss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:27:05 PST Library right not to ban porn: Once a ban starts, it's hard to stop http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2017426332_danny05.html?syndication=rss When the right-wing Second Amendment Foundation teamed up with the left-wing First Amendment foundation to sue the Eastern Washington library system for filtering out gun websites, it serves as a case study as to why the Seattle Public Library was right last week when it said it wasn't going to do anything about Internet porn. Danny Westneat http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2017426332_danny05.html?syndication=rss Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:01:05 PST 2 ounces of oil create ton of trouble http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2017387034_danny01.html?syndication=rss Both state and federal agencies are going after Pete Knutson, a local salmon fisherman and environmental activist, because his fishing boat leaked a little oil into Shilshole Bay last fall. Danny Westneat http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2017387034_danny01.html?syndication=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:35:03 PST It took 7 years for car campers to find tiny place to park http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2017363502_danny29.html?syndication=rss The reason I am sighing about — rather than celebrating — Ballard's "mobile homeless" pilot overnight parking program, is that getting five spots for some of the region's thousands of car campers has taken a whopping seven years. Danny Westneat http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2017363502_danny29.html?syndication=rss Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:46:04 PST