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  Volume Nine Number One

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Phillip J. Cooper: Presidential Signing Statements: Can the White House choose which parts of a new law it will execute?

Railroading Seattle: What's the real price of mass transit in Seattle? Will it work?

Sleep Talking: When facing a tough decision, does it pay to sleep on it? Sleep Clinic Director, Dr. Robert Sack, shares some insights.

Books: Ever heard of the “State of Jefferson” between Oregon and California? An excerpt from Stephen Most's River of Renewal: Myth & History in the Klamath Basin tells the story. Also, read a review of Home Ground, Barry Lopez, editor.  

Finance: Betting on bulls or bears? Financial advisor Bill Berner shares some thoughts in Opportunity and Risk.

NEW Fiction & Poetry

    

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FEATURES
Soundings
Theremin Shelby Scates
George W. Bush, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Use and Abuse of Presidential Signing Statements Phillip J. Cooper
Railroading Seattle
The First Ten Years		 Emory Bundy
Fiction
Adjacent Architectures. Joshua D. Boeringa
Essays
I'm Glad I Called Steve Blakeslee
Clifford Accepts Complete Responsibility Steven Clifford
Poetry
“The Thunder Has Been Talking Softly” Ann Ware
“The Wing” Judith Barrington

DEPARTMENTS
Editorial
Contributors
Crossword Puzzle Matt Jones
Books
Edited Excerpt from River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin by Stephen Most Open Spaces Staff
Review of Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape Christopher Zinn
Sleep Talking
Decisions, Decisions -- I Can't Make Up My Mind.
I'll Just Have to Sleep On It 		Robert Sack, M.D.
Finance
Opportunity and Risk Bill Berner
Words With a Past
Back to School Dale E. Hess