Politics and Legal Updates
Undermining Democracy – Political Guest Blogger
October 31, 2016
There is a phenomenon in US politics called the “October surprise.” It normally involves the discovery of some new or unpublicized bit of controversial information about a presidential candidate in the weeks leading up the election. Hillary Clinton is getting the surprise of all October surprise...
The Last Presidential Debate Was, for Lack of a Better Word, Disheartening – Political Guest Blogger
October 28, 2016
The debate began with a discussion of the Supreme Court and the failure of congress to confirm Garland, meaning whoever becomes president will likely have the opportunity to appoint at least 2 justices to the court. Immediately after this fact was established and debated, the moderator posed ...
“It is their responsibility not to get pregnant” – Pregnancy with no Mention of Men – The problem with the Abortion Debate by Guest Blogger Intern PP
October 25, 2016
It has been a crazy week for abortion at the state level. Sadly, the events of the past few days clearly illustrate that abortion regulation must NOT be left to the states, as suggested by Donald Trump last week in the presidential debate. The department of health in South Carolina considered...
Is President Obama limiting child support obligations for prisoners?
October 17, 2016
President Obama has decided to move forward a proposition to limit child support obligations for prisoners during the time they are incarcerated. Those who support this action argue that current child support obligations strap prisoners with insurmountable debt that inhibits their ability to ree...
Presidential Debacle – by Ian Buie
October 14, 2016
This week's second presidential debate was as nonsensical and insufficient of a political showing as the nation expected; it is a worrisome predicament that we have all somehow let become our reality. The candidates' responses to the audiences' questions were, for the most part, so unresponsive a...
What Happens When We Get the Leader We Deserve? – Guest Political Blogger
October 12, 2016
Donald Trump is at it again. Shocking people by doing absolutely nothing new or out of character. The media and prominent Republicans are acting like the newly released videos of Donald Trump's lewd comments are indicative of a change or an increasingly controversial Donald. The fact is, this con...
Locker Room Talk – Really?????
October 11, 2016
Donald Trump drew perhaps the strongest public ire of his campaign when a 2005 tape of particularly troubling, lewd and misogynistic comments bragging about sexual assault surfaced. His reaction to the public release of these comments has been a lukewarm apology for “locker room talk.” Unsurprisi...
Homelessness Solution?
October 5, 2016
In June we wrote about some innovative approaches Seattle was considering that were already utilized by other major cities to address the homelessness crisis. The Seattle area saw a 19 percent increase from 2015 to 2016 in people living without shelter. Many are morally dismayed at the homelessne...
Vice President Debate by Guest Blogger
October 5, 2016
The vice presidential debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence was livelier than anyone could have predicted. These two are normally relatively low profile individuals but this debate was quite an exception. The major themes of the evening included foreign policy, race relations in the United Stat...
Is Big Brother or the Seattle Police Department Watching You?
October 3, 2016
The Seattle Police Department broke at least one Seattle law when they purchased and used Geofeedia, a CIA funded Surveillance Company that tracks social media posts and can tell users what you said, where you posted from as well as find other posts in your area. Secretly buying this software vio...