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As they say, the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree. Amid a growing barrage of front-page headlines, U.S. embassy officials “strongly suggested” President Bush’s twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush, cut short their trip to Buenos Aires because of security issues, U.S. diplomatic and security sources tell ABC News. And while the Blunder Twins [...]

What does it mean that this article on rain in Seattle is now the fourth-most emailed article on NYTimes.com? Are people nationwide really that infatuated with the weather here? Or is it just weather in general? Furthermore, what kind of person uses the email feature on a newspaper website? Isn’t it just as easy to [...]

David Goldstein injects a much-needed reality check into the current debate over the Seattle Public Schools. He’s right that we’re nowhere near the worst urban school district in America. Far, far from it. If you’re a local, read the whole thing.

The way out of Iraq: is anyone talking about it? Plus, fallout from the 2006 midterm elections, and finally: assassinations and potential assassinations around the world.

When Chuck Hagel writes this: The future of Iraq was always going to be determined by the Iraqis — not the Americans. Isn’t he arguing, in effect, that it was a mistake to depose Saddam Hussein? Taking out Saddam would seem, if nothing else, to be a pretty blatant effort by the Americans to determine [...]

Just back from my Black Friday trip to the shopping mall, readying for Turkey, The Nap (Pt. II), when I saw this bit in the Gray Lady about Bush’s appointment to head family planning at HHS. Before his appointment, Dr. Keroack served as the medical director of A Woman’s Concern, a network of pregnancy counseling [...]

…what it is, ain’t anywhere close to clear: Vice President Cheney will fly to Saudi Arabia tomorrow and hold talks with King Abdullah on Saturday amid a flurry of diplomatic activity over Iraq that reflects the wider scramble to shape the war-torn country’s future at a critical juncture. The White House said Cheney will discuss [...]

Thanksgiving 2003: “You are defending the American people from danger and we are grateful. You are defeating the terrorists here in Iraq.” The insurgents in the country are “testing our will. They hope we will run,” he said. But, he said, “we did not charge hundreds of miles into the heart of Iraq, pay a [...]

Just a quick note to say Happy Thanksgiving. As the only truly secular true holiday in the U.S., Thanksgiving is my favorite by far. I’ll be enjoying my role as “everyone’s favorite uncle,” and won’t be around to post for a few days. Safe travels and happy holidays everyone. Much to be thankful for this [...]

Past Bruno and the Professor guest Clark Williams-Derry finds yet another example of a city tearing down an elevated highway and not feeling the pinch. This time, it’s Seoul. The elevated highway carried 160,000 cars a day, which is 50 – 100% more traffic than Seattle’s Viaduct, depending on what numbers you believe. Once they [...]