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Bad Bunny and Our Super Bowl Victory: Love Over Hate

Sports Anthony B. Robinson - February 9, 2026 5

The real highlight yesterday had to be Bad Bunny and a halftime show that so full of life and joy that any mention of ICE would have been discordant -- not to mention unnecessary. Bad Bunny swept through a sugar cane set of Puerto Rican street scenes that said it all: love wins.

Journalism

Don’t Count Out Jeff Bezos

David Brewster - February 9, 2026 10

Ideas

Why the Death of American Leadership may run through your Local Orchestra

Douglas McLennan - February 8, 2026 12

Sports

Out on a High Note: The Paul Allen Seahawks Era Ends Sunday

Art Thiel - February 7, 2026 12

Politics

Changing My Mind: Time to call Trump a Fascist

Anthony B. Robinson - February 6, 2026 10

Politics

Meet Stephen Miller, Trump’s Brain

Jean Godden - February 5, 2026 4

Politics

A Troubled America — As Seen from Italy

Mark Hinshaw - February 4, 2026 3

Politics

Changing My Mind: Time to call Trump a Fascist

Anthony B. Robinson - February 6, 2026 10

In Jonathan Rauch’s Atlantic article he works through 18 characteristics of historical instances of fascism that he now finds evident in Trump 2.

Meet Stephen Miller, Trump’s Brain

Jean Godden - February 5, 2026 4

A Troubled America — As Seen from Italy

Mark Hinshaw - February 4, 2026 3

U.S. Senate: High Stakes for Local Senators this Fall

Joel Connelly - February 3, 2026 0

The Trump ICE Force, Explained

Nick Licata - January 31, 2026 6

More Politics

Arts

Struggling to Stay Alive in White Center, a Music Entrepreneur adds a Seattle Venue

Hélène Schilders - February 1, 2026

Review: Leif Ove Andsnes’ Piano Miniatures at Meany

James C. Whitson - January 27, 2026

Seattle Opera Mounts a Triumphant “Daphne”

James C. Whitson - January 20, 2026

Why Doug Varone Canceled His Kennedy Center Performances

Spider Kedelsky -

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

Douglas McLennan -

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

Paul Kidder -

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

Eric Olson -

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PULSE

Trashing the Capital: The Kennedy Center and the Washington Post

Joel Connelly - February 8, 2026 2

By the Numbers: More Babies Than Ever are Homeless

Barry Mitzman - February 7, 2026 0

Review: Leif Ove Andsnes’ Piano Miniatures at Meany

James C. Whitson - January 27, 2026 0

Confusion Reigns: Great Yellow Orb Appears, Scaring NW Residents

Shane Cleveland - January 25, 2026 0

Seattle Opera Mounts a Triumphant “Daphne”

James C. Whitson - January 20, 2026 0

Be it Resolved: Whistle?

Shane Cleveland - January 18, 2026 2

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

Barry Mitzman - January 14, 2026 0

Don’t Count Out Jeff Bezos

David Brewster - 10

Sports

Out on a High Note: The Paul Allen Seahawks Era Ends Sunday

Art Thiel - 12

Business

What New Taxes on High Earners would mean to Washington

Bruce Ramsey - 7

Ideas

Why the Death of American Leadership may run through your Local Orchestra

Douglas McLennan - 12

Sports

Bad Bunny and Our Super Bowl Victory: Love Over Hate

Anthony B. Robinson - 5

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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

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By the Numbers: More Babies Than Ever are Homeless

Barry Mitzman - February 7, 2026 0

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

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

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Trashing the Capital: The Kennedy Center and the Washington Post

Joel Connelly - February 8, 2026 2

The Washington Post was a must-read during my years lin the capital. It featured Woodstein investigative pieces, Herblock cartoons, Style profiles, and a Redskins-centric sports page.