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The Red Scare is Back: Trump’s Obsession with Communism

Politics Wendy Liu - August 3, 2026 0

In reality, Trump loves a communist, Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping, in particular. As Trump once said, “I love China... I respect China greatly. I very much respect President Xi. Xi’s for China, I’m for the US, but other than that we love each other.”

Politics

President Ahab

Jean Godden - August 2, 2026 3

Politics

State Politics: Dems at War and War on The Stranger

Tim Gruver - August 1, 2026 0

Politics

Taxes and Millionaires: A State Constitution and a Popular Petition

Dan Chasan - July 31, 2026 5

Humor

Debt-Debt-Debt-Dumb

Steve Clifford - July 30, 2026 1

Politics

Just What are the Democratic Socialists of America, and What do they Stand For?

Nick Licata - July 29, 2026 5

International

Endless Wars: Why Putin and Trump Can’t Stop

Carol J Williams - July 28, 2026 1

Politics

The Red Scare is Back: Trump’s Obsession with Communism

Wendy Liu - August 3, 2026 0

President Ahab

Jean Godden - August 2, 2026 3

State Politics: Dems at War and War on The Stranger

Tim Gruver - August 1, 2026 0

Taxes and Millionaires: A State Constitution and a Popular Petition

Dan Chasan - July 31, 2026 5

Just What are the Democratic Socialists of America, and What do they Stand For?

Nick Licata - July 29, 2026 5

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Arts

An Epic Odyssey: Who Gets to tell What Story When

Sally J. McMillan - July 25, 2026

Review: The Seattle Symphony Takes on Mahler Seven

Theodore Deacon - June 23, 2026

Is Trump’s Wreckage of the Kennedy Center an Opportunity for Something Better?

Douglas McLennan - June 4, 2026

LACMA’s New Museum: What’s the point of Art in a Museum?

Douglas McLennan -

Hijacking the Kennedy Center

Nick Licata -

The Once and Future Kennedy Center: An Architectural Story

Paul Kidder -

When “Better Than” meets “Good Enough”

Douglas McLennan -

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PULSE

Review: The Seattle Symphony Takes on Mahler Seven

Theodore Deacon - June 23, 2026 2

Murder Most Foul

Jean Godden - June 17, 2026 4

Post Up: Finally the Games 6.11

Post Alley - June 13, 2026 0

A Story for Memorial Day

Ted Olinger - May 25, 2026 7

Seattle’s Father Ryan Reports on his Meeting with Pope Leo XIV

Joel Connelly - March 20, 2026 5

Washington’s Women Trailblazers

Jean Godden - March 10, 2026 0

Seattle Mayor Wilson Makes Her First Serious Misstep in City Light

Jean Godden - March 6, 2026 24

State Politics: Dems at War and War on The Stranger

Tim Gruver - 0

Politics

President Ahab

Jean Godden - 3

Politics

Six Months In: Mixed Reviews for Seattle’s Mayor

Jean Godden - 11

Politics

Just What are the Democratic Socialists of America, and What do they Stand For?

Nick Licata - 5

Politics

Taxes and Millionaires: A State Constitution and a Popular Petition

Dan Chasan - 5

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Technology

Datacenters over America: The Power Dance with AI (Part II)

Tom Corddry - July 23, 2026 2

Some in the industry have suggested that datacenters could be using 50 percent of today’s total electrical energy generation capacity by 2040.

Datacenters over America: Enormous Bets on Needs Unmet (Part I)

Trump let Nvidia Sell Advanced Chips to China. Here’s How Chinese Citizens are Reacting

Clock’s Ticking: Six Reasons Why TikTok Shouldn’t be Banned

The Big Sort: How Will AI Affect Submissions to Magazines?

Health

blog

By the Numbers: More Babies Than Ever are Homeless

Barry Mitzman - February 7, 2026 2

Based on data gathered by the University of Michigan, SchoolHouse Connection estimates that homelessness among infants and toddlers in the U.S. increased by 23 percent between 2021 and 2023.

How Governments have Caused Homelessness

Michael Caplow - 3

A New Book: Autism and a Fulfilling Life

Joe Martin - 2

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Creating Havoc in Public Health

Joel Connelly - 2

A Happy Pooper is a Healthy Pooper

Barry Mitzman - 1

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Environment

Salish Sea Tribes say they want to take Control of National Wildlife Refuges

Al Bergstein - June 25, 2026

Oil Crisis? How about we Reduce Demand? Here’s How

James S. Russell - May 5, 2026

David Suzuki: Still Fighting for the Planet at 90

Joel Connelly - March 27, 2026

A Cryin’ Bloody Shame: DOGE and Storm Pummel Our Public Forests

Joel Connelly -

The Data: Breathing May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Barry Mitzman -

Reckoning with Northwest Flooding: We need to think about this Differently

Sydnee Chapman -

Dam it All: The Intractable Knots in the Snake River

Dan Chasan -

Cities

SODO Housing Battle takes a New Turn

Mike Merritt - July 17, 2026 1

The deck seems stacked against opening the area around Seattle’s sports stadiums to housing.

Surveying Trump’s Damage to the National Mall

James S. Russell - 0

Only Suckers Pay?

Anthony B. Robinson - 3

The Homelessness Blame Game: Let’s Challenge That

Walter Hatch and Mark W. Garrett - 53

Seattle’s “Pit from Hell”: Will we ever fill it in?

Jean Godden - 10

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People

Inspired Mayhem: The Life and Lunacy of Adman Terry Heckler

Kathy Cain - July 26, 2026 4

Terry Heckler died on May 5 this year, a little less than a year after his friend and former business partner Gordon Bowker passed away. Their era is over but their legacy of inspired lunacy lives on.