David Brewster

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.

Poll History: The Dangers of Reviving the Kavanaugh Issue

As the Christine Blassey Ford testimony and Kavanaugh's indignant response riveted voters' attention, the swing to the Republican Rossi was huge, 57-33, according to Elway.

The Seattle Library That Might Have Been

Steven Holl was almost the architect of Seattle's Central Library, where he was the runner-up to Rem Koolhaas.

Seattle Elections: Has the “Movement Left” Reached Its Half-Life?

Interest groups have a half-life of about 30 years in the fluid, non-partisan world of Seattle politics.

Impure Thoughts: Nukes Versus Climate Change?

Rather than purity tests, David Roberts argues, better to have complex answers to the separated problems.

Bye Bye, Coffee Bean: No More Howard Schultz to Kick Around

He's got a bad back, and he seems to have grasped the obvious point that his candidacy might well re-elect Trump.

Town Hall Seattle Reopens After a Grand Renovation

Town Hall evolved organically from its early days, when maps didn't exist, to the beloved and grand institution of today. Who would've thunk it? Certainly not me!

Is Mike Pompeo Another Creature of Koch?

Turns out Pompeo was closely tied to Koch, which invested in his botched aviation-parts business and launched his Kansas political career.

The Inslee Era and Washington’s Apostolic Succession

You have to admire the symmetry here. Inslee runs for president in order to run for governor. And then he sorta-runs for governor in order to ease the way for his successor. Ain't democracy grand??

Should arts groups and nonprofits set the pace for equity?

This new report from Boston studies how nonprofits can become "anchor institutions," pacesetters for community goals. The idea is borrowed from eds and meds, large institutions who can align...

Overtime pay for arts workers: the debate continues

"I believe that if right now there is a huge increase in salaries forced by the government, the organization I know best will have to do the very thing that will kill it: cut its quality."

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