http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/index.html en-us Copyright 2013 The Seattle Times Company Thu, 23 May 2013 16:06:17 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 16:06:17 PDT MattBase 1 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2021045236_columndickiehigheredeconomicimpactxml.html?syndication=rss Lawmakers must acknowledge the role of higher education in the state’s economy, and provide students relief from tuition hikes. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2021045236_columndickiehigheredeconomicimpactxml.html?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:44 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2021045226_anthonyantonjoegilliamopedxml.html?syndication=rss The 17-percent fee when local retailers and grocers supply liquor to restaurants has left local businesses at a competitive disadvantage, according to guest columnists Anthony Anton and Joe Gilliam. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2021045226_anthonyantonjoegilliamopedxml.html?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:56 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/23/seattle-marijuana-zoning-just-words-on-paper-without-enforcement/?syndication=rss The Seattle City Council’s proposed marijuana zoning rules would have been great a year ago. But as I was sitting in on a City Hall news conference yesterday, I wondered how what difference it would really make. A year ago, when the 2012 Legislature failed to pass medical marijuana regulations Opinion Northwest http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/23/seattle-marijuana-zoning-just-words-on-paper-without-enforcement/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:33 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/boy-scouts-gay-ban/?syndication=rss Lift the ban I became an Eagle Scout in 1976. The lessons I learned in scouting about leadership, citizenship and respect for others helped shaped who I am as an adult [“Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban, seattletimes.com, May 22].It has been with great dismay that I have seen this Northwest Voices http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/boy-scouts-gay-ban/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 14:01:09 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/ballard-fights-against-bike-policy/?syndication=rss Vote no on ‘missing link’ I grew up practically welded to bicycles and rode them over many a railroad track [“A Plan B for the ‘missing link,’ Opinion, May 16]. One of the first things I learned was to cross at a 90-degree angle. Even to a 10-year-old, this is not rocke Northwest Voices http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/ballard-fights-against-bike-policy/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 13:31:05 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/irs-questions-political-groups-2/?syndication=rss Controversy will have negative impact Were the tea-party groups “social-welfare organizations” or were they groups promoting the election of some individuals and the defeat of others? In other words, were they really political organizations and as such, needed to apply for exempt status Northwest Voices http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/irs-questions-political-groups-2/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 10:01:05 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/sexual-assault-in-the-military/?syndication=rss Task force is unnecessary Rep. Gael Tarleton, D-Seattle, is right to address the plague of sexual assault occurring within the military, but wrong in her suggested remedies [“End the culture of silence about sexual assaults in the military,” Opinion, May 17]. Only an elected official in Northwest Voices http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/sexual-assault-in-the-military/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:05 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/23/apple-juice-on-capitol-hill/?syndication=rss Apple executives were shocked, shocked to find U.S. senators who were amazed at the technology giant’s capacity to avoid taxes. Maybe the incredulous response was appropriate.  Congressional indifference has aided and abetted the scam for years. Apple moves billions of dollars around the Opinion Northwest http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/23/apple-juice-on-capitol-hill/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 09:16:05 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/no-nba-for-seattle-2/?syndication=rss Seattleites: Take advantage of other entertainment I sympathize with the recent loss to Seattle sports fans who had hoped for the return of a basketball team [“Seattle’s NBA hopes rise despite defeat,” page one, May 19]. Having come from Chicago and the heyday of the Bulls, I can r Northwest Voices http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/no-nba-for-seattle-2/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 09:16:04 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/legislature-considers-tougher-dui-laws-2/?syndication=rss Businesses should have Breathalyzers If you and the Legislature really care about stopping the inebriated, why aren’t the ones who sell alcohol required to have Breathalyzers [“Just say yes to tougher DUI laws,” NWThursday, May 16]? A person convicted of a DUI can be sentenced to h Northwest Voices http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/legislature-considers-tougher-dui-laws-2/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 08:46:04 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/23/congress-supports-an-israeli-defensive-attack-against-iran/?syndication=rss On Wednesday the U.S. Senate approved, 99-0, Senate Resolution 65 urging the U.S. government to offer “diplomatic, military, and economic support to the Government of Israel” in the event that Israel’s government “is compelled to take military action in legitimate self-defens Opinion Northwest http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/23/congress-supports-an-israeli-defensive-attack-against-iran/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:42 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/fluoridated-water-2/?syndication=rss The real impacts of fluoride The story about Portland’s vote on water fluoridation included the unsupported claim that Seattle, with fluoridated water, has half the number of cavities in children than does unfluoridated Portland [“Fluoridated water? Not all Portlanders will drink to that Northwest Voices http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/2013/05/23/fluoridated-water-2/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 08:16:04 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/23/the-house-should-reject-gop-student-loan-bill/?syndication=rss UPDATE: The U.S. House of Representatives voted 221 to 198 in favor of a Republican plan to avert a scheduled doubling of student loan interest rates. The bill now goes to the Senate which is unlikely to take it up anytime soon because of ongoing work on Opinion Northwest http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/23/the-house-should-reject-gop-student-loan-bill/?syndication=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:21 PDT