Seattle Post-Intelligencer: OpinionRead editorials, letters and op-eds from seattlepi.comMcCain's agenda on Amtrak- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Train travel is finally becoming a third rail of politics. The first one to fry over it might be John McCain.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369130_trainonline02.html?source=rss Big Oil's prize is America's downfall- (Found July 2, 2008 ) What you can take to the bank is that this country will not make any major advances in energy policy, in health coverage, in rebuilding its infrastructure, in improving its public schools or in curtailing runaway public and private debt until our open-ended commitment to this catastrophic multi-trillion-dollar war comes to an end.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369123_herbertonline02.html?source=rss Learn to live with higher fuel prices- (Found July 2, 2008 ) James W. Murray and Jim Hansen, guest columnists: Seattle and King County should follow Portland's example and establish a Peak Oil Task Force to evaluate our preparedness for high-priced oil and goals for reducing fossil fuel use.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369167_uwchange02.html?source=rss Lopsided exchanges unfair to foes of terror- (Found July 2, 2008 ) It's noble to want to bring home all of your deceased military personnel, but at what cost to the living...And so goes "fair trade" in the Middle East.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369124_johnsononline02.html?source=rss No rubber stamps, even for renewable energy- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Congress has been dithering over extending a valuable investment tax credit for solar-energy projects, which solar advocates say is critical to the future of their industry but which is due to expire at the end of the year.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369155_solarenergyonline02.html?source=rss It's The Economy, Stupid: An inherited mess- (Found July 2, 2008 ) P-I Editorial: The next president will need to invest $1 trillion in government spending to avoid economic collapse. This week, similar messages were transmitted from the Royal Bank of Scotland, Morgan Stanley and Barclays.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369166_trillioned.html?source=rss We need child and family justice center- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Guest columnist, guest columnist: King County residents recently got a look at the shameful conditions at the Youth Services Center where thousands of legal cases involving children are heard each year. It must be replaced.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369161_bridge02.html?source=rss Risks involved with public financing- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Justin Nelson, guest columnist: Many are shocked that Barack Obama has decided not to accept public funding for the general election campaign. But the surprise is not that the current system is broken; it is that the regime lasted more than a generation.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369168_campaignfinance02.html?source=rss Political flip-flops: If the shoe fits ...- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Ruth Marcus, guest columnist: In politics, flip-flops are the sloppy intellectual equivalent: what you talk about when you're looking for a comfortable and easy way to attack the opposition.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369164_marcus02.html?source=rss Letters to the Editor- (Found July 2, 2008 )http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369163_ltrs2.html?source=rss |