24 hours of bruising debate and tough votes

Plus Ferguson's Supreme Court, rhetorical whimsy, and a pop-culture sampler

The all-night, all-day debate over the proposed income tax on Washington’s wealthiest wage earners was historic in several respects.

First off, it was insanely long, easily eclipsing the 11-hour debate over workplace ergonomics regulation back in 2022, which prompted us to wax metaphorical about clock management. Lawmakers ground through dozens of amendm…