Environment
Best of 2015: Devilish dealing in Washington's wilderness expansion
This week Crosscut is running some of our best stories of the year, as selected both by our writers and
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In Seattle, it’s déjà Henry Kissinger all over again. Like Woody Allen’s Zelig, Kissinger is the omnipresent figure
Environment
Death-by-inertia for top conservation fund
In Congress, it’s death-by-inertia. Rip an institution down to its studs and allow the clock to run out. Voila!
Obama's executive order to beef up defense of our cyber domain
There’s new language for a new kind of arms race. President Barack Obama punctuated his speech at a summit
Politics
Washington's wilderness expansion: devilish dealing
Our congressional delegation scored several big wins that come at serious cost to the public interest in much of the West.