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Supercharged: Seattle City Light moves to ‘Time-of-Use’ Electrical Rates

Saving money for customers isn’t the only benefit. Time-of-use pricing can also reduce CO2 emissions, and prevent blackouts.

Trump Tries Again: Selling out Ukraine

Two U.S. senators at a security conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, told journalists that Rubio had said the controversial proposal "was not the (U.S.) administration's plan," that it was the "wish list of the Russians."

The Coming Settlement in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is remarkably similar to Josef Stalin’s war against Finland — the Winter...

Ken Burns’ Revolution Documentary Subverts Simplistic Stories

Was the American Revolution Christian from the beginning? It's not in the founding documents or in the Founders' religions.

Plorables and Spicables: Life without De’s

Q: Is menting billatating? A: Nothing is more structive and trimental than menting. It pletes and teriorates our brains.

Changing of the Blethens: Next Generation takes over the Seattle Times

After stepping down on January 1, Frank Blethen will continue as board chair while the Times chief financial officer, Alan Fisco, will become CEO and work closely with the new publisher, Ryan Blethen, Frank's son and the fifth generation of Blethens to lead the daily.