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Jean Godden

Jean Godden wrote columns first for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and late for the Seattle Times. In 2002, she quit to run for City Council where she served for 12 years. Since then she published a book of city stories titled “Citizen Jean.” She is now co-host of The Bridge aired on community station KMGP at 101.1 FM. You can email tips and comments to Jean at jgodden@blarg.net.
Books

Melinda Gates’ Next Chapter

Chances are that many who rushed out to buy Melinda French Gates’ new book, The Next Day: Transitions, Change and Moving Forward expected to learn gossipy details about her...
Politics

Democracy Vouchers: Will Voters Renew the Experiment?

The “Honest Elections” promise of “keeping big wealth out of politics” was thus not fully realized. It fell victim to the Citizens United decision that permits PACs to spend unlimited amounts.
Politics

America is Losing its Superpower: The World’s Trust

People are angry at Trump’s leadership. Polls confirm that dissatisfaction, showing his numbers headed down. The same is true about public confidence in government. The trust that holds our democracy together is threatened as never before.
Books

Review: Facebook’s Careless People

Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are the Careless People who call to mind The Great Gatsby’s Tom and Daisy who “smash up things and creatures and then retreat back to their money and vast carelessness and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
blog

Should You Flee America?

The truth is that the opposition can only win if it remains fully in the game. This, of course, brings up the question: what can the average individual do besides shudder?
blog

Poles Apart: Standoff at Victor Steinbrueck Park

Some local tribal members were pushing for the removal of the totem poles. They wanted the poles, crafted in the style of Northern tribes like the Haida, replaced with more traditional Coast Salish art.
Food

Master no More: Fond Farewell to a Burger Institution

Alex Jensen opened the Burgermaster in 1952 as a drive-in, predating the University Village shopping center that it sits beside.
Politics

Mayor Hurrah Declares Seattle is Back on Track

The State of the City may have seemed much like a mayoral report card, but the fall election went unmentioned while the mayor worked hard delivering an abundance of good news.
Food

100% Beef: Dick’s Drive-In Stand the Test of Time

Founder Dick Spady believed in keeping it simple. While other hamburger outlets added variations like bacon burgers, fishwiches and chicken burgers, Dick’s stuck to classic hamburger and cheeseburgers.
Cities

The Writing’s on the Wall: The Debate over getting it off

Estimates are that the 16 individuals charged have inflicted $100,000 in damages. Prosecutor Manion said, “Dangling from a freeway to tag traffic signs is not art. Tagging buses and sound traffic cars is not art.” 
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