Being willing to update one’s prior assumptions in the face of new evidence is the essence of learning. If you haven’t changed your mind on something important in the past five years, check your filter bubble.
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Politics and News
Open Letter to Seattle City Council Regarding Bill 120247 (Diversion and City Attorney’s Office)
The council is trying to place unprecedented restrictions on the City Attorney’s office, without even knowing what the most important outcome metrics are of the approach it is demanding.
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Inflation Shoots to 40-year High
This is new for a whole lot of Americans. The last time inflation was this high, you hadn’t ever heard of the term “e-mail.”
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Twitter’s New CEO and Freedom of Speech
What does the changing of the guard at Twitter suggest about free speech online?
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Children: Vectors of COVID Spread?
A new study from the UK suggests that children are not, in fact, significant vectors of COVID risk.
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New Book Argues That Our Approach to Homelessness Won’t Work
Why are west coast cities suffering through a seemingly intractable growth in homelessness? What can we learn from the relative successes of Amsterdam, Lisbon, Miami and even New York City?
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Will the “Billionaire Tax” Survive?
A new billionaires’ wealth tax is gaining momentum, but few have pondered the complexities, downsides and likely Constitutional challenges.
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Which Seattle candidate most agrees with you? Take the all-new Alignvote quiz.
Which candidate most agrees with you in the Seattle 2021 general election? Take the all-new Alignvote quiz to find out.
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Candidate Questions for the 2021 Seattle Election: Homelessness, Compassion Seattle and Summary
Part III of my 3-part series featured in Post Alley about the big issues in the upcoming Seattle election. Today’s post: the city’s approach toward homelessness, and a summary of the key “slates”: the more Leftward Slate vs. the more Moderate slate.
If you or other voters are just coming up to speed on the big issues facing us with this election about the direction of our city, feel free to share this three-part series on zoning, crime and homelessness.
Candidate Questions for the 2021 Seattle Election: Prosecution for Misdemeanors
Part II in a three-part series, in which I ask questions of the eight campaigns in the Seattle November 2nd General Election and hand the microphone to them. Today’s question: Should Seattle essentially end criminal prosecution for misdemeanors, including shoplifting, property destruction and misdemeanor assault?
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