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My Brief Fling with Boeing

Business Dick Clever - March 8, 2026 0

It was 1962. Boeing was hiring thousands of people to fill their burgeoning orders for their 707 passenger jet -- almost yanking people off the street into Boeing's own employment office on Second Avenue in downtown Seattle.

Politics

Opportunity for Democrats in Alaska and Montana?

Joel Connelly - March 7, 2026 1

Politics

Why Going to War has Become Far too Easy

Anthony B. Robinson - March 6, 2026 5

Politics

The Fix was In: Montana Senator Withdraws and Engineers his Replacement

Joel Connelly - March 5, 2026 2

International

An Iran of Endless Complications and Diversity

Rich Wandschneider - March 5, 2026 0

International

Mark Carney’s Canada: Open for Business and Fast Moving on from Trump

Joel Connelly - March 4, 2026 3

International

Going it Alone: Trump’s Attack on Iran is Full of Bravado, Light on What Comes Next

Carol J Williams - March 3, 2026 4

Politics

Opportunity for Democrats in Alaska and Montana?

Joel Connelly - March 7, 2026 1

Pundits’ bleary eyes may focus on the Pacific Northwest and Alaska this November in the national slugfest for control of Congress. If Democrats win, they could...

Why Going to War has Become Far too Easy

Anthony B. Robinson - March 6, 2026 5

The Fix was In: Montana Senator Withdraws and Engineers his Replacement

Joel Connelly - March 5, 2026 2

Trump Outrage Watch: The “Peace President” Goes to War and Threatens Elections

Mort Kondracke - March 2, 2026 1

All that Money in Politics: It’s About Trump

Joel Connelly - February 28, 2026 1

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Arts

When “Better Than” meets “Good Enough”

Douglas McLennan - February 27, 2026

Delusions of Grandeur: A Bigger Golder White House

James S. Russell - February 26, 2026

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 -

Seattle Opera Mounts a Triumphant “Daphne”

James C. Whitson -

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 -

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PULSE

Seattle Mayor Wilson Makes Her First Serious Misstep in City Light

Jean Godden - March 6, 2026 10

What’s Cooking: A Very Simple Beef Stew

Jean Godden - March 1, 2026 3

Going Back to the Hippie Trail

Bruce Ramsey - February 22, 2026 0

The Market Economy for People Paid to Lie

Steve Clifford - February 15, 2026 7

Trashing the Capital: The Kennedy Center and the Washington Post

Joel Connelly - February 8, 2026 4

By the Numbers: More Babies Than Ever are Homeless

Barry Mitzman - February 7, 2026 2

Review: Leif Ove Andsnes’ Piano Miniatures at Meany

James C. Whitson - January 27, 2026 0

Seattle Mayor Wilson Makes Her First Serious Misstep in City Light

Jean Godden - 10

Business

My Brief Fling with Boeing

Dick Clever - 0

Politics

Opportunity for Democrats in Alaska and Montana?

Joel Connelly - 1

Politics

The Fix was In: Montana Senator Withdraws and Engineers his Replacement

Joel Connelly - 2

Politics

Why Going to War has Become Far too Easy

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 1

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 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

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

Joel Connelly - February 11, 2026

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 -

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 -

Cities

blog

Seattle Mayor Wilson Makes Her First Serious Misstep in City Light

Jean Godden - March 6, 2026 10

Lindell’s firing was especially problematic at a time when City Light is approaching critical decisions about acquiring new sources of power to head off looming energy shortages.

New Mayor Katie Wilson’s State of the City: “Hope” and Patience

Jean Godden - 2

The Minneapolis Volunteers Who Beat ICE

James S. Russell - 2

A Vision for Seattle’s Vacant Waterfront

Rod Stevens - 10

Trashing the Capital: The Kennedy Center and the Washington Post

Joel Connelly - 4

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People

Remembering Jesse Jackson

Joel Connelly - March 1, 2026 4

He was tall and regal, commanding the stage at two Democratic conventions. He could dominate a stage and did just that at a Democratic Leadership Conference meeting in New Orleans.