Bruce Ramsey

Bruce Ramsey was a business reporter and columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the 1980s and 1990s and from 2000 to his retirement in 2013 was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle Times. He is the author of The Panic of 1893: The Untold Story of Washington State’s first Depression, and is at work on a history of Seattle in the 1930s. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Anne.

Pushback: Tribes and Companies Defend Fish Farming in Northwest Waters

Federal fish biologists concluded: “The isolated effects of Puget Sound commercial net pens on habitat conditions (i.e., water quality, forage, and cover) are likely to be minor and intermittent.”

Crypto Ice Age? An Explainer

Crypto, Bill Gates said, seemed to be “100 percent based on the greater fool theory.”

Washington on Top: My But We’re Productive!

The state of Washington has been remarkably good at improving productivity — better, in fact, than any other state in the union.

Tall Tales: Fact-Checking Jack London on the Yukon

London wrote about the Yukon gold rush, recounting tales he gleaned from saloons. Here's one about peddling frozen eggs in the Yukon.

The Shutdown of Tim Eyman

“If you can declare an individual a political committee you can shut down any political activist you want.”

What Now for Republicans? Dump Trump and Pay Attention to Voters

Republicans should be the party that respects work, and the rewards of work, at any point in the social scale. 

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