Post Alley | Seattle

Sea-Tac Veteran Named to Pilot Airport’s Future

Transportation Mike Merritt - January 15, 2026 0

Wendy Reiter, the airport’s long-time security director, has been named Managing Director of the Port’s Aviation Division, taking charge at one of the most critical junctures in the airport’s 75-year history.

Politics

Mary Peltola Shakes up the Alaska Senate Race

Joel Connelly - January 14, 2026 0

Sports

Take Care Y’all’s Mentals: UW’s Quarterback Fiasco

Art Thiel - January 13, 2026 10

Politics

Trump Outrage-to-Come: Time to Worry About the Midterms

Mort Kondracke - January 13, 2026 0

Reflections

The Malaise of Our Times: Trump Is Stealing Our Soul

Anthony B. Robinson - January 12, 2026 7

Politics

Remembering Maggie’s Malaprops: A Character with Character

Joel Connelly - January 11, 2026 6

Humor

My Memory is a Fearsome Instrument. It’s Evolution that Sucks

Steve Clifford - January 11, 2026 1

Politics

Mary Peltola Shakes up the Alaska Senate Race

Joel Connelly - January 14, 2026 0

Democrats need to flip four seats and face stiff odds, but Peltola’s candidacy is the latest recruiting win by Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer.

Trump Outrage-to-Come: Time to Worry About the Midterms

Mort Kondracke - January 13, 2026 0

Remembering Maggie’s Malaprops: A Character with Character

Joel Connelly - January 11, 2026 6

The Great Re-Sorting: How Washington Politics got this way

H. Stuart Elway - January 9, 2026 7

Don’t Despair: This Land is Still Our Land

Joel Connelly - January 6, 2026 1

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Arts

Why Doug Varone Canceled His Kennedy Center Performances

Spider Kedelsky - January 7, 2026

What the Disney/OpenAI Deal says about a Creative Marketplace Dominated by AI

Douglas McLennan - December 21, 2025

Seattle doesn’t have just One Frank Gehry Building, But Three

Paul Kidder - December 14, 2025

C’Mon — Ditch the Algorithms. Here’s Eric Olson’s List of Top 25 Albums of 2025

Eric Olson -

The AI that’s Colonized our Creativity

Douglas McLennan -

Remembering the Music: What Made our Scene Unique

Hélène Schilders -

So Many Questions: Damaging the White House

James S. Russell -

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PULSE

The Data: Cheer Up! Evidently these are the Best of Times

Barry Mitzman - January 14, 2026 0

The Data: Breathing May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Barry Mitzman - January 8, 2026 0

The Golden Age of Five Jewish Families in Seattle

Karen Treiger - December 31, 2025 5

On the Mast: A Reason to Celebrate That Nobody Talks About

Tayloe Washburn - December 28, 2025 0

A New Book: Autism and a Fulfilling Life

Joe Martin - December 23, 2025 2

Junius Rochester: Appreciating Olympic National Park

Junius Rochester - December 14, 2025 4

Mayor Harrell exits with a Gracious Concession Speech

Julie Pham - December 12, 2025 1

Mary Peltola Shakes up the Alaska Senate Race

Joel Connelly - 0

Sports

Take Care Y’all’s Mentals: UW’s Quarterback Fiasco

Art Thiel - 10

blog

The Data: Cheer Up! Evidently these are the Best of Times

Barry Mitzman - 0

Business

Can Seattle’s Terminal 46 Come Back to Life?

Mike Merritt - 2

Cities

“The Bad Part of Town”: Seattle’s 3rd & Pine

Brad Holden - 12

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Technology

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

Wendy Liu - December 23, 2025 0

In his typical back and forth style, President Trump announced on Dec. 8 that he had given permission to Nvidia to sell its second-most-advanced...

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

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

Reconnecting with our Technology Roots @ a Georgetown Museum

Tools or Weapons: What the Internet Hath Wrought

Health

blog

A New Book: Autism and a Fulfilling Life

Joe Martin - December 23, 2025 2

In Togo for the first time, Peter O’Neil found comfort and confidence in social situations that had previously eluded him. Immersion in a totally different culture enabled him to bloom, a new and welcome experience.

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

Joel Connelly - 2

A Happy Pooper is a Healthy Pooper

Barry Mitzman - 1

Tylenol Falls Victim to the New Stalinism

Doug MacDonald - 3

My Reservations About Medically Assisted Dying

Anthony B. Robinson - 3

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Environment

The Data: Breathing May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Barry Mitzman - January 8, 2026

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

Sydnee Chapman - December 21, 2025

Dam it All: The Intractable Knots in the Snake River

Dan Chasan - November 4, 2025

For the Environment: Why are we Really Banning Plastic Bags?

Bruce Ramsey -

Republicans Taking an Ax to our Forests

Joel Connelly -

Remembering Katrina: Lessons for Our Collective Response to Disaster

Ross Anderson -

On the Mast: To Save the Planet, Do Reindeer have to Die?

Tayloe Washburn -

Cities

SODO Housing Plan hits a Legal Roadblock

Mike Merritt - November 15, 2025 2

The hearings board’s ruling was a big win for the Port and its longshore allies who said the housing project would undermine efforts to protect scarce industrial lands from commercial and residential encroachment.