It was quite a week in Crisis Gulch
The most extraordinary development in the big federal budget showdown - was that the original reason for the whole thing evaporated.13 years ago
For whom the bell tolls
Are you listening? ... There's that familiar bell. But I'm starting to think of it as more like a fire alarm.13 years ago
Candidates square off in Seattle mayoral debate, but what are their differences?
What's the difference between these two liberal Democrat candidates? As one of the questioners at Wednesday night's debate, I had to ask.13 years ago
Are you ready for 2020?
There is a mathematical formula created by a professor at the University of Connecticut which appears to be predicting a huge social shift - and which may explain why we're in the shutdown and debt ceiling crisis.13 years ago
When the going gets tough, the tough – don’t vote!
One of the things we're learning about our House and Senate during this shutdown is that certain things can't even be voted on!13 years ago
No, we can’t just all get along
Still no progress on the shutdown - but finally, science has come up with the reason this is happening.13 years ago
Fill in the blanks: Government shutdown
This is Fill In The Blanks where I read a story that by now is so familiar that all of you can simply fill in the ______.13 years ago
Sometimes when you find yourself in a hole you just keep digging
This week's sessions of Congress have basically been about Republicans trying to restore piece-by-piece the government they closed, and Democrats refusing to restore piece-by-piece the government they want open.13 years ago
Just when it couldn’t get any weirder
I can't remember anything like it. Members of the House of Representatives, who in their other lives are medical doctors, appeared before reporters dressed in their lab coats, and pleaded with the Senate to pass a bill that would restore funding for the National Institutes of Health.13 years ago
The government shutdown’s devastating effect on cancer patients
The shutdown of the federal government could harm medical research in this region, forcing some research teams to delay their work, even discontinuing treatment for patients in ongoing medical trials.13 years ago
Nice try
The president called the leaders of Congress to the White House to see if the two sides could agree on ending the government shutdown.13 years ago
Members of Congress defy their own shutdown!
The same people who engineered the government shutdown spent Tuesday are trying to reopen parts of the government.13 years ago
When families emphasize the accident, not the gun
We're been told for a long time that accidental deaths involving kids and guns are relatively rare. But an investigation by New York Times reporter Michael Luo finds that it may not be quite as rare as the numbers imply.13 years ago
The House of Refusentatives
I couldn't find "refusentatives" anywhere in the dictionary. But being that they refused to touch a thing the Senate sent back, House of Refusentatives fits nicely, I think.13 years ago
I hope you have your shutdown preparedness kit ready
Over the weekend, Congress reached the expected impasse. First, the House sent the Senate a bill to avoid to a shutdown and attached a legislative barnacle to delaying the president's health care plan.13 years ago
Is it time for immigration authorities to cut military families some slack?
Margaret Stock is an immigration attorney in Anchorage AND an Army Reservist. And after 9/11 she started getting calls like this one -- from a soldier about to be deployed.13 years ago
Obamacare and why the Cleveland Clinic is really cutting jobs
And now, the latest Obamacare consequences. A hospital the President has said is a model of effective health care says it will be making cuts.13 years ago
Mariners manager Eric Wedge delivers his own public performance review
The Seattle Mariners - you remember them - our baseball team, have announced they'll be bringing back General Manager Jack Zduriencik, but so far they've been silent about manager Eric Wedge. And that's got reporters speculating.13 years ago
The real-life Bionic Man
"We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was..." starts the opening to "The Six Million Dollar Man."13 years ago
Bomb? What bomb!
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani - has yet to sit down with President Obama, but he's sitting down with everybody else - the latest being Charlie Rose on PBS, saying through a translator there's no reason the U.S. and Iran can't walk hand-in-hand.13 years ago
The pilot exits the F-16 and it takes off without him
A Boeing F-16 jet fighter, which had been sitting in the desert, out of service for 15 years, is flying once again. With one slight modification to the pre-flight procedure.13 years ago
Now just 5 days from shutdown
Actually, no one seems too exercised about the shutdown. All the talk is about is the OTHER shoe that's dropping next week - the opening of the insurance exchanges under Obamacare.13 years ago
Human nature of everyday sadists demonstrated with bug grinder
It turns out that sadism, the idea that it sometimes feels good to hurt others is part of human nature.13 years ago
