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By JOEL CONNELLY SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF When we opened the new Seattle Public Library, and later the waterfront sculpture garden, local critics swooned at favorable New York Times reviews and said Seattle was being put "on the...
Though Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have stalled, Palestinian officials have put a focus on building the institutions of a future state, including their banking system and economy. These communities are patterned after...
Dear Reader, How many times have you heard the following: “Islam has nothing to do with democracy,” “Muslims are violent,” “They oppress women?” In partnership with Unity Productions Foundation, the makers of a new PBS...
Published online on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 By Michael Doyle / Bee Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Katariina Tuovinen helps run Yosemite National Park, serious work that has now won her new opportunities and national acclaim....
Most Britons may want an end to the war in Afghanistan, but we're making a difference there, finds Mary Riddell. Not many outsiders hear the testimony of those eking out a living on the fringes of Taliban country and proving...
Most Britons may want an end to the war in Afghanistan, but we're making a difference, finds Mary Riddell. Not many outsiders hear the testimony of those eking out a living on the fringes of Taliban country and proving that, in...
A White House state dinner is an affair like no other because the sartorial demands are so precise, the politics both superficial and opaque and the entire display of pomp, circumstance and exclusivity precisely the kind of...
Now hold your horses, you snarky, lefty, NPR-listening, New York Times-subscribing readers. I haven't jumped ship to declare Sarah Palin herself "great." I'm from California; I am not a creationist; I am not pro-life; I have...
A renewed US push seems destined to fail as the junta pursues self-interest. ONE of the few predictable aspects of Burmese politics is how the ruling military regime responds to outside attempts to influence the direction of...
Guzzle the Hopium! Fire up the Hope! Jingle the Change! Tinkerbell Obama is in Trouble! Do you believe? If you believe, applaud! Keep applauding, Tinkerbell Obama is in Trouble! If you really, really believe, applaud! Louder!...
