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Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

  • Here.

    Dilbert

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    May 9
  • Here are highlights from Stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia.

    Cycling

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    May 9
  • The word "Nixonian" is back in vogue!

    Politics

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    May 9
  • Joe Dirt Movie Collection (2015)Yesterday evening, Katherine and I watched Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015), which is the sequel to Joe Dirt (2001). Fourteen years between movies must be some sort of record. The movie was boring in parts (I almost fell asleep) and hilariously funny in other parts. My DVD says "Extended Edition," so perhaps that's the problem: footage removed from the theatrical version was left in. The scenes with Christopher Walken were funny, as was the bit about Lynyrd Skynyrd. There is nothing highbrow about these movies, but then, I'm not a highbrow guy. I'm a country boy who happens to have five college degrees.

    Film

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    May 9
  • I read with much consternation and outrage the points made in the Op-Ed “Poverty moves to the suburbs.”

    Yes, this is so sadly true, and it is in part due to the anti-humanity, pro-money-making policies adopted by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and the City Council. Seattle’s middle class is being kicked out and pretty soon only the rich will live here. All of this upgrading makes me sick.

    Where is our social contract to look out for each other that this nation was built on? The ethos right now seems to be, “make a buck and move on to the next development.”

    I am a teacher in Seattle, and for 20-plus years I have watched as the poor and middle class have been pushed to Auburn, Kent, Tukwila, etc. We are losing the soul of this city. I grew up on Capitol Hill, and now you have to be a millionaire to live there.

    Stop this upgrading, and build and maintain livable homes here in this city for the regular folks: middle class and poor.

    Elizabeth McCullough Guevara, Seattle

    From Today’s Seattle Times

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    May 9
  • GTR  GTR (1986  2015)

    I have three versions of this 1986 album on compact disc. The first CD was released in 1986, the second in 2012, and the third in 2015. The third version has a second disc, which contains a recording of a concert by GTR.

    Now Playing

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    May 9
  • It was an honor to welcome the Teachers of the Year to the WH last month. Today, we honor and thank all teachers! #NationalTeachersDay pic.twitter.com/0gj8TIRa5y

    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 9, 2017

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    Presidential Tweet

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    May 9
  • Here.

    Ten Years Ago Today in This Blog

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    May 8
  • Here.

    Dilbert

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    May 8
  • The Politics of Dancing (1983).

    Re-Flex, “Pointless” (1983)

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    May 8
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