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Spit in Burger King hamburger did not injure sheriff

Justices of the Washington Supreme Court released an opinion Jan. 31 on the “phlegm burger” case. It’s about a deputy sheriff in Clark County who bought a Whopper at the drive-in window, felt funny...

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Sally Jewell: a story from her banking past

Sally Jewell, President Obama’s nominee for secretary of the interior, is known mostly as CEO of Seattle’s Recreational Equipment Inc. But for about 20 years she was a banker, a profession in which she...

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More on marijuana DUIs

The main source for Sunday’s editorial on marijuana DUIs was the first part of the hearing Feb. 6 at the House Public Safety Committee in Olympia, chaired by Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland. You can...

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What if I dropped marijuana on the floor at Bartell’s?

Another burning issue has arisen with marijuana in Washington: What if some cannabis smoker drops a bud at Bartell’s, or leaves their stash at Safeway? If this improbable event occurs, what is the...

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Marijuana, but not for farming outdoors

A correspondent asks me about licensing of farms to grow marijuana: big farms, little farms, family farms, etc. Clearly he is thinking about farms of the sort that grow vegetables and flowers outside....

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State investment board admits alternative energy not a good investment

Our new “green governor,” Jay Inslee,  has been raising hopes that Washington will be “the spot, right here, where an international revolution is going to begin in how we power our economy.” That...

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Sequestration would hammer Seattle medical research

Sequestration would hit Seattle particularly hard in medical research, say the heads of the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Larry Corey, president of the...

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First marijuana, now industrial hemp

Hemp has long been an item of zealotry. Marijuana campaigners can talk you numb about hemp, and how wonderful it is. Now that the state of Washington has voted to decriminalize marijuana, it makes...

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Free speech meets hate speech at Canada’s Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to issue a ruling Feb. 26 on a big “hate speech” case, reports The National Post. Based on the oral argument, which took place in 2011, Canada’s high court is...

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Civil Disagreement: Horse meat

Civil disagreements, with Lynne Varner and Bruce Ramsey of the Seattle Times editorial board, is an occasional feature of the Opinion Northwest blog. Today they chew the fat on horse meat. Lynne Varner...

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In Olympia, more proposed pension creep

While proposals are floated in the Washington State Senate to create defined-contribution retirement plans for public employees–proposals endorsed by The Times– lobbying was also going on in the House...

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In Canada, “hate speech” survives a legal test

Canada’s Supreme Court has affirmed its law against “hate speech”—the sort of law that would be unconstitutional in the United States. Canada now defines illegal hate speech not in terms of “the...

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On Tim Eyman: reply to a reader

A reader sends the following criticism of my column on Tim Eyman’s Initiative 517: I read with shock and disbelief that The Seattle Times supported Mr. Eyman’s latest initiative, I-517: “I-517 helps...

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Sen. Baumgartner’s tilt at the Washington Supreme Court

State Sen. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane, showed a certain cheekiness by running against U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell last November. Now he shows a sense of humor by sponsoring Senate Bill 5867, to toss...

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The Space Needle does not require any more protected views

View from Kerry Park on Queen Anne Hill through a sculpture by Doris Chase. (Photo by Erika Schultz / Seattle Times) View from Lake Union Park. (Photo by Space Needle Corp.) The Space Needle is asking...

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GMO labeling: criticism and a response

A writer on the West Seattle Blog takes me to task for my column on Initiative 522, which would require mandatory labeling of food from plants that had been genetically engineered. He writes: ” The...

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No consensus on changes to Washington marijuana law

House Bill 2000, the bill by Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw, to modify Initiative 502, marijuana legalization, offers a mix of changes that could help create a functioning market and things that might...

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My time with ‘Game of Thrones’

Scene from the Season Three premiere: Dialog between Queen Cersei and her brother, “the Imp” Video courtesy HBO Part of the cast of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” was in Seattle for the third-season premiere...

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Readers respond to same-sex marriage column

(Illustration by M. Ryder / Op Art) Critics of my argument that the U.S. Supreme Court should leave the question of same-sex marriage to the states bring up the issue of race. One viewer writes: Should...

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Short takes on the Port of Seattle Commission finalists to replace Rob Holland

Tuesday evening I was the moderator at a forum of finalists for the Port of Seattle Commission. The five-member commission sets port policy and selects the CEO. Here there were four members — Tom...

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