Political science

Now the Chou, seeing the disorder of the Yin, have seized the administration. They conspire with those on high and circulate bribes to those below. They presume upon their troops to preserve their majesty. They slaughter sacrificial animals and make covenants to demonstrate their faith. They flaunt their deeds to please the masses. They kill and attack in their desire for gain. This is to displace disorder by exchanging it for tyranny.

--Chuang Tzu (trans. Victor Mair)

How Seattle got its name

Nice article about Chief Seattle at HistoryLink.org, The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History.

I'm sure most of us have heard of Chief Seattle and his famous speech, but I had never heard about Doc Maynard's part in the naming of the city: 'In 1852, Seattle reputedly persuaded David S. "Doc" Maynard (1808-1873) to move his general store from Olympia, to which Seattle often canoed for supplies, to the village of Duwumps. Maynard named his new store the "Seattle Exchange" and convinced settlers to rename their town after the chief when they filed the first plats on May 23, 1853.'