David Brewster, a founding member of Post Alley, has a long career in publishing, having founded Seattle Weekly, Sasquatch Books, and Crosscut.com. His civic ventures have been Town Hall Seattle and FolioSeattle.
James Carville is right that the Democratic Party, having lost trust of voters by pretending that Biden was hale and hearty, needs to be especially careful about restoring trust in the contest, avoiding a coronation.
A key problem for the Biden team and for the Democratic Party is Kamala Harris. If Biden decides to not seek a second term, it is almost certain that Vice President Harris will be the shaky nominee.
The Boldt Decision of 1974 ranks up there in judicial boldness with the Supremes' decisions about civil rights, school integration, old-growth protection, and voting rights. It was reflective of an age of progressive judicial activism, now long gone.
The Seattle top-down model of building places for major arts institutions (opera, ballet, symphony, theatre, museum) may be a poor paradigm for an emerging city like Bellevue.
We are on track to a central Puget Sound region that could reach 10 million people in 25 years. That's a boatload of change to our social structure, environment, and congestion.