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Bawdy cabaret sign near ballpark angers fans, but is porn passé anyway?
April 25, 2010 – 1:24 pm | 5 Comments

[Article first appeared at Red County]
Less than one year after KUOW Radio’s Conversation program had me on the air to discuss the controversy over the siting of the DreamGirls strip club within line drive …

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Twelfth-hour bipartisan effort rescues Patriot Act
February 26, 2010 – 1:54 pm | No Comment
Twelfth-hour bipartisan effort rescues Patriot Act

Since Inauguration Day 2009, a firestorm of scorn has scorched the op-ed pages of the nation’s dailies extolling the evils of partisanship in Washington, D.C. as typified by “black hat” Republicans and their stubborn refusals …

No wisdom in giving terrorists a civilian judicial process
February 3, 2010 – 6:37 pm | One Comment
No wisdom in giving terrorists a civilian judicial process

The White House’s current ad hoc policy is unreliable and defaulting to handling organized enemies of the United States as though they were just like gangsters running booze or drugs across the border is reckless.

Afghanistan War may not become a contemporary Vietnam. It could be much, much worse.
November 12, 2009 – 2:30 am | One Comment
Afghanistan War may not become a contemporary Vietnam. It could be much, much worse.

Will Obama’s legacy reflection his indecision on this day, Veteran’s Day, his choice to kick the can down the road and avoid a critical decision to commit additional troops in Afghanistan to achieve a superiority of force in-theater?

A few ways to honor veterans in Seattle and King County
November 11, 2009 – 1:16 pm | One Comment
A few ways to honor veterans in Seattle and King County

There are many ways to take time on Veteran’s Day to honor the sacrifices made by American men and women of all colors, creeds, and ethnic backgrounds. In so many ways, the individuals who …

Al Qaeda enemy list officially includes Red China
October 7, 2009 – 7:56 pm | 2 Comments
Al Qaeda enemy list officially includes Red China

With its deliberate provocation of communist China, al Qaeda invites a battle with an enemy that has a brutal track record of dealing with asymmetrical opponents like the battered global terrorist network, and may effectively lighten the load on the US and its allies in the war on terror.

Book Review: “Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom,” by Bruce Bawer
August 17, 2009 – 8:02 pm | One Comment
Book Review: “Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom,” by Bruce Bawer

“Surrender” unravels the twisted skein of pro-Muslim misinformation campaigns, shoddy journalism, and the multicultural worldview of our institutes of higher learning. The author gives us a tool for wiping clean the lens through which we must view the events surrounding us.