At Pajama Jihad, Nathan Azinger reports on the nascent Washington state initiative drive to repeal the estate tax, a.k.a. "the death tax."

"Oregon: Slightly Less Obese Than The Rest of the Country," is the state's new slogan. Or ought to be, says Skor Grimm.

Mac, at Pull On Superman's Cape, has been travel blogging about Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park. Great digi-cam shots included.

A post from Vancouver blogger and high-tech startup consultant Pieter Dorsman on his family's recent holiday in Seattle. OK, yes, they stayed here at Chez Rosenblog. It has been a delight getting to know Pieter, his wife and kids, and we have the blogosphere to thank. In the above post, Pieter has some good links to some of the places we went, and an example of what passes for political discourse here in Seattle. I'll only add that the menu of home-cooked goodies, over the course of several days, included: tandoori chicken and lamb, vegetable biryani, raita with chat masala; spaghetti carbonara; steaks, lobster mushroom and green pea risotto, and a salad of Black Russian plum tomatoes and Japanese cucumbers in balsamic vinaigrette. At his excellent blog Peak Talk, Pieter's dishing out more of his trademark news and insights on international affairs, as in this post on Indonesia.

The indispensable Saudi blogger Religious Policeman has some tips for the British war on terror.

Seattle writer Doug Anderson tenses up his bow and lets fly an arrow aimed at the heart of today's U.S. anti-war Left. Bullseye!

Moonbattery suggests what sounds like a real winner: the kids book, "Help, Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed."

Finally, the incomparably snarky and essential blog Veiled Conceit deconstructs yet another marriage announced in the New York Times weddings and engagement pages, this one between a vet and a techie turned actress, whose standard poodle in distress served as a catalyst for love.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at August 25, 2005 02:05 PM