Post Alley

Jobs plus industrial revival plus national security plus carbon-free industry — small wonder Washington’s entire congressional delegation, Ds and Rs together, signed a letter endorsing the project.

Business

Recession By Any Other Name…

Steve Murch - July 27, 2022

We should recognize that this is likely to be a recession with very unique characteristics, and won’t be easily mapped to recent ones.

Books

Making a List: Writers who Touched the Pacific Northwest

Junius Rochester - July 23, 2022

One example: Gertrude Stein’s longtime companion, Alice B. Toklas, was raised in Seattle, where her father owned one of the city’s early department stores.

Politics

Surprise New Poll: Tight Race for Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District

Joel Connelly - September 21, 2022 3

Joe Kent, an ex-Green Beret, eliminated incumbent six-term Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in Washington’s top-two August primary.

Mr. Ambassador: Biden Taps Seattleite Roger Nyhus

Joel Connelly - September 20, 2022 1

A Prosecutor’s Book: How Trump Weaponized “Justice”

Joel Connelly - September 20, 2022 0

After Herrera Beutler: Can a Centrist Democrat win over Southwest Washington?

Linda Kramer Jenning - September 19, 2022 8

What Does It Mean to Call Someone a Fascist?

Kevin Schofield - September 17, 2022 7

More Politics

PULSE

Unruly Planet: How to Not Let the Climate Crisis Totally Depress You

Linda Kramer Jenning - September 24, 2022 1

Culture Clash: Bainbridge Pickleballers and Tennis Players go to Court

Linda Kramer Jenning - September 23, 2022 0

How Bellingham Became a Three-Newsroom Town

Jean Godden - September 21, 2022 2

Mr. Ambassador: Biden Taps Seattleite Roger Nyhus

Joel Connelly - September 20, 2022 1

Wild Mushroom Season: How to Cook Chanterelles

Peter Miller - September 18, 2022 4

Thanks to Queen Elizabeth, I Became a Teenage Royalist

David Buerge - September 11, 2022 2

When Queen Elizabeth came to Seattle

Jean Godden - September 8, 2022 4

Vintage Seattle Dive: Ode to Mike’s Chili Parlor

Mike Seely - 5

Arts

Open Wound: January 6 in Stark Images

Sandeep Kaushik - 0

blog

Unruly Planet: How to Not Let the Climate Crisis Totally Depress You

Linda Kramer Jenning - 1

blog

Culture Clash: Bainbridge Pickleballers and Tennis Players go to Court

Linda Kramer Jenning - 0

Cities

Has Seattle Lost Its Vibrant Downtown? Tips for Revival

David Brewster - 29

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Technology

Dear Elon: What Twitter Could Be

Tom Corddry - April 29, 2022 6

Elon Musk is right about Twitter: there’s a lot of value that could be “unlocked.” He’s just wrong (or at least vague in public)...

All A-Twitter: What’s Musk’s Move?

2022: Four Technologies to Give You Hope for the World

Done: Why I’m Leaving Facebook

A Culture of Innovation: That Line Between “Fake it Till You Make It” and Fraud

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Health

The Enthusiastic Psychonaut: How Not to Run an Author Event

Jane Adams - August 7, 2022 1

Michael Pollan's appearance felt canned and well-rehearsed; neither a speech nor a reading but an hour of back and forth between Pollan and the editor of his newsletter.

We Know Abortion-the-Politics. What About Abortion-the-Science?

Tom Corddry - 10

Turning the Abortion Argument: Grow a Uterus and Then We Can Talk

Kathy Cain - 10

Coming to Terms with Vaccination

Eric Scigliano - 3

British Columbia to Decriminalize Possession of Hard Drugs

Joel Connelly - 4

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Arts

Open Wound: January 6 in Stark Images

Sandeep Kaushik - September 24, 2022

Early Music Seattle Aims for New Audiences, New Directions, New Leadership

David Brewster - September 18, 2022

State of Seattle Arts (Part II): How do we Build a Culture of Creativity?

David Brewster and Douglas McLennan - August 23, 2022

Seattle Arts: Reckoning or Opportunity? (Part I)

David Brewster and Douglas McLennan -

How Grand Opera Almost Came to Our Northwest Forest

Junius Rochester -

Stephen Holl Talks Architecture Friday @Seattle Public Library

Clair Enlow -

Filling Spaces: Peter Brook and John Aylward

Roger Downey -

Environment

Puget Sound Crab Populations are Flourishing

Ross Anderson - September 25, 2022

The Case for White Roofs

Eric Scigliano - September 21, 2022

WA Supreme Court: State Not Required to Cut Forests to Maximize Revenue

Dan Chasan - September 12, 2022

Judge: Sustainable Salmon Harvest isn’t Sustainable

Dan Chasan -

Denali: On the Frontlines of Climate Change

Joel Connelly -

The Wolves of Washington

Jim Mumford -

A Fascinating Explosion of Puget Sound Plankton So Big It was Seen from Space

Ross Anderson -

Cities

Has Seattle Lost Its Vibrant Downtown? Tips for Revival

David Brewster - August 26, 2022 29

Crime, homelessness, high rents, stymied urban politics, NIMBY opposition to building housing, lagging transit, family values from remote work, worker-liberation — all apply to Seattle.