Canadian pot legislation could snarl border traffic
Original article Proposed Canadian legislation to relax marijuana laws could lead U.S. authorities to increase border scrutiny this summer, raising concerns over increasing congestion at a time when holiday traffic may be rebounding from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and subsequent security threats. The jury seems mixed on the potential impact from the proposed looser Canadian regulations, given the intense Read More ›
Life, Liberty, and a Mudhole to Lie In
SOMETHING DISTURBING is happening in the Florida elections this fall. No, not the chance that Janet Reno will be the Democratic candidate for governor. A state initiative has qualified for the ballot letting voters decide whether to grant constitutional rights to pregnant pigs. On the surface, the issue is one of animal husbandry. In the interest of industrial efficiency, and Read More ›
New Videos Available From ARN
Check out these new titles from ARN: The Rhetoric of Charles Darwin: Interview with Professor John Angus Campbell. In this illuminating interview, John Angus Campbell breaks down Darwin’s Origin of Species chapter by chapter and reveals how Darwin was able to captivate the mind of the 19th Century intellectuals with rhetorical brilliance. Widely regarded as the world’s foremost expert on Read More ›
Put a Lid on It:
Original article Also see “A HOTT Idea to Add Capacity to Freeways” When the state of Washington was planning Interstate 5 through Seattle some 45 years ago, a young civic leader named Jim Ellis urged state officials to take advantage of a rare opportunity. To keep the city connected and increase transportation options, he advised building lids across the freeway Read More ›
House would cut Bremerton route to save foot ferries
The state House of Representatives has found a way to keep Puget Sound’s passenger-only ferries funded in the short term, Rep. Jeff Morris (D-Anacortes) told local officials and private ferry owners Thursday. The House Transportation Committee’s proposal includes cutting passenger-only service between Bremerton and Seattle but keeping the Vashon Island-Seattle route. Two new routes from Seattle to Kingston and Southworth Read More ›
Naturalism’s Argument from Invincible Ignorance
Group looks into extending Kitsap Transit plan
OLYMPIA — Lawmakers and transportation leaders Thursday explored the idea of integrating Kitsap Transit’s passenger-only ferry model throughout Puget Sound to reduce congestion on Interstate 5 and local highways. Kitsap Transit is proposing to build 14 or more 149-passenger ferries and operate them like a marine bus system. They would depart Bremerton, Kingston, Southworth and Vashon Island every hour for Read More ›
Nightmare on FATF Street
Assume a friend came to you and said: “Do you know there is this international government organization that is trying to take away your right to protect yourself from criminals; is demanding that your lawyer, accountant, real estate agent, bank teller, jewelry store clerk and car salesman spy on you; and is going to take your personal financial records and Read More ›
If Jobs Are What Bush Is After…
Original article The Bush administration may have a better case for its tax cuts than the one it has been emphasizing in its sales pitch. But it is an argument President Bush seems gun-shy about making. In the back-to-back speeches he gave last week, putting public pressure on Congress to pass a jumbo-size tax package, the theme was: Do it Read More ›