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Reading aloud the Declaration of Independence - (Found July 2, 2008 )

I was doubtful at first that reading aloud the Declaration of Independence would enhance the overall beer-and-hamburger experience of July 4th. But the effort has proved more thought-provoking and patriotism-stirring than I expected.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/368946_kristolonline01.html?source=rss

If only Mugabe were white - (Found July 2, 2008 )

If only Mugabe were a white racist! Then the regional powers might stand up to him. For the sake of Zimbabweans, we should be just as resolute in confronting African tyrants who are black as in confronting those who are white.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/368947_kristofonline01.html?source=rss

Torture cannot co-exist with humane society - (Found July 2, 2008 )

For most Americans, torture is something remote, abstract, reprehensible, but in the eyes of some, perhaps necessary -- when the bomb is ticking, for example. Reality offers something much different.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/368952_herbertonline01.html?source=rss

Make over old views, not political wives - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The reining in of Michelle Obama may seem politically wise. But if you believe in a different kind of politics, her so-called rebranding is just another genuflection to those old, silly rules of what it takes to be an acceptable spouse.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/368951_vennochionline01.html?source=rss

Steinbrueck Park: Spruce with care - (Found July 2, 2008 )

P-I Editorial: It's true that some of the city's least fortunate gather at Victor Steinbrueck Park, but that's been going on at the park . The park is important and deserves attention.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/368995_steinbruecked.html?source=rss

Seattle Parks Levy: A work in progress - (Found July 2, 2008 )

P-I Editorial: Seattle City Council has work to do if it intends to put a parks levy on the November ballot. Voters deserve as tight, fair and well conceived a plan as possible, especially during a time of economic turbulence.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/368993_parksed_.html?source=rss

More Letters to the Editor - (Found July 2, 2008 )

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369153_webltrs2.html?source=rss

Live from D.C., it's the Bush White House - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Unwatched and uncovered in these lame duck days, the Bush White House was just revealed to have performed a heavy-handed takeoff of an old "Saturday Night Live" skit.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369131_schramonline02.html?source=rss

Seattle Housing: Give and take - (Found July 2, 2008 )

P-I Editorial: Seattle's decisions about its housing limits will help determine if this city continues to become one that caters only to the rich and wasteful.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369162_housinged.html?source=rss

Living Food: Tracing problems - (Found July 2, 2008 )

P-I Editorial: The great tomato sickening illustrates the fundamental problems of the U.S. food system. It's poorly regulated, bizarrely complex and overly industrialized.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369165_tomatoed.html?source=rss