The meeting went on until 5:30 pm. To me it was sad and disturbing. Arborists had been called in earlier to determine if trees were healthy or worth saving, and I felt that trees elicited higher regard than neighborhood residents.

Proponents of ranked-choice voting argue that it drives greater voter turnout and better enfranchises traditionally marginalized groups. It also theoretically encourages a more congenial style of campaigning, because candidates would want their opponents’ supporters to like them well enough to rank them next.

Seattle’s politics and our City Council mirror national trends of short-term thinking and using one’s office as a platform to draw attention and for self-promotion.

The Democrats had two de-escalatory options, but Republicans wouldn't bite and Democrats retreated to an impeachment-or-nothing stance. Result: nothing.

I believe the Democratic Party needs a serious contender on the right. We are in for scary times if the cult of Trump pretends to be that counterbalance.

Republican senators have made the trial a mockery of justice. Why be interested in a trial when the outcome is baked in before the opening gavel?

We saw mob insolence perhaps never seen so nakedly.

The best of the best was Stacey Plaskett, a territorial (non-voting) delegate from the U. S. Virgin Islands. Plaskett, alone among the nine, was unable to cast a vote on impeachment.

All this made for riveting evidence that would convict the former president -- if the jury was made up of ordinary citizens.

FDR’s fireside chats were performance. So was Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech. Theater? Bring it on.

Maggie was famous for passing major legislation, as well as for his malaprops. He referred to French President Pompidou as "Poopidou."

Many of us are in discussions about the possibility of creating a new party, or a new political faction.

Rep. Ted Lieu: “I’m not afraid of Donald Trump running in four years. I’m afraid he’s going to run again and lose. Because he can do this again.”

AG Ferguson has been unrelenting in pursuit of Eyman’s initiative empire, brushing off ceaseless hyperbole, self-pity, and baseless attacks from the initiative promoter.

If the state Supreme Court invalidates the billionaires' clause, a severability clause might pertain, meaning a wealth tax for all of us.

Our bonding became evident among our Congressional colleagues, who took notice of how our friendships transcended the usual political norms on the House floor. This was before the rise of the Moral Majority and its politicizing of the evangelical community,

Those who spoke at AG Bob Ferguson's remote public hearing illuminated reasons why removal of the records would do incalculable harm. Among the speakers was Seattle City Councilmember Deborah Juarez who is registered with the Blackfeet Nation said, "Our history lives here. Let's keep it here."

Himalayan glacier disaster highlights climate change risks, shouts the headline; and it’s only one of many similar which the Associated Press has pumped down...

Back in December SCC Insight reported on the dubious contractual structure underlying the Black Brilliance Research Project: how the Seattle City Council bent over...

Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz has said, "If any SPD officers were directly involved in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, I will immediately terminate them.”

Restaurateur Fugere says, "I never thought of myself as someone that resilient but when the call came for it to surface, to come out, there it was. In an odd way, an unexpected way, it’s been energizing.”

Joe Biden has a lot on his plate at the moment. Hopefully, he has found time to read Obama’s memoirs, A Promised Land, in which the 44th president eloquently describes being repeatedly stymied and snookered when he sought bipartisan compromise.

The keys to adapting to the pandemic are to complete unfinished tasks, to make Zoom work for you, to solve problems, and to keep creating and displaying art.

So, here we go with another round of proposed payments that will strengthen household balance sheets but probably won't stimulate much of anything. Two key measures came out last week that give us a view of the economy at year end and what the new relief package might mean.

The Freedom Caucus says it will fight what Fortunato calls “some of the most radical agendas in Washington history,” pushed by Democrats.

Jassy is different from Bezos in important ways. He is more progressive politically than his libertarian boss, and better attuned to the social change happening around him.

The secret to Amazon's dominance, the author argues, is shrewd exploitation of sorta-legal loopholes. Loopholes can be closed.

So, what do you do when dining outside in White Salmon at 29 degrees? Order Margaritas of course! Dinner was great.

When it comes to what’s going on in Seattle these days, Judge James Robart has thoughts. And when you’re a judge, you can compel an audience.

The challenger is Rep. Brad Klippert, a Benton County deputy sheriff best known for a electoral-college-style proposal to shift votes to Eastern Washington.