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I’ve been listening to old crooners on Pandora lately, and one of my favorite Frank Sinatra songs is “The House…
You wouldn’t know it to look at me, but I am one of Bainbridge Island’s foremost authorities on Jackalopes. I…
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Friday, October 12, 2007: All this week I‘ve been thinking that today was going to be the 13th of October….
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Most down-ballot elections draw little attention, but not this year when it comes to Washington’s Public Lands commissioner.
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One would be hard-pressed to think of a vice president in recent memory placed under as much of a political…
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Editor’s note: This column is an except from Tom Purcell’s book, “Misadventures of a 1970s Childhood.”
