Thursday, January 23, 2020

In the news, Sunday, January 12, 2020


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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

Spin Control: How to keep tabs on lawmakers, legislative issues from miles away
The Legislature begins its 2020 session Monday, and while the lawmakers will spend most of the next two months some 300 miles away, there are ways a person with a particular concern, issue or pet peeve can keep tabs on them without making the trip across the state, over a snowy pass and through metropolitan Puget Sound traffic.

Trudy Rubin: Phase Two of the U.S.-Iran conflict will take place in Iraq
This is a moment – in the wake of the Soleimani killing and the mild Iranian response – when everyone needs to take a deep breath. Iranian officials are clearly shocked and debating their options. They will have to factor in the fallout from mistakenly downing a Ukrainian airliner. Whether it was necessary or wise to kill Gen. Qassem Soleimani, his death won’t produce World War III. The Iranian response, as I’ve written, will be asymmetric and occur over time.

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