After more than half a century of tyrannical rule, Syria’s Assad dynasty has come to an end following a lightning 10-day offensive that sent...

Our lives are run by computer technology. Along with the ubiquitous presence of smartphones, smart watches, talking cars and refrigerators that remind you that...

About the famous "Waiting for the Interurban" in Fremont, Rich suggested that his somber, patiently-waiting passengers represent a kind of protest "of what automobiles have done to our urban scene."

Our most recent unexpected adventure blossomed from a completely mundane errand to events that unfolded throughout most of the day.

The upshot is that travel, like a lot of things in the land of the free and home of the brave is short on grace and graciousness.

City Councilmembers have a duty to protect the distinct but fragile neighborhoods they represent.

For me, the magic struck years ago when I began traveling to the Southern Oregon Festival, one of a group of eight women theater buffs intent on a Shakespeare fix.

A torrid tech bromance with blue urban America, with the companies bringing jobs as well as campaign cash to back mostly Democratic candidates ignited cities. But the honeymoon phase of the relationship didn’t last long.

Headstrong business bigshots have talked big when taking government posts in the past. They’ve usually made a mess of their task and sullied their reputations.

Just because. One of the pleasures of life's daily peregrinations is the happy discoveries along the way, the little finds that cumulatively add up to a well lived life.

Our old approaches to planning, including transit-oriented development, assume that we separate our days between home and work, and for many people on many days, that is no longer true. One third of the workforce in Bellevue doesn't regularly travel to work.

It was conductor Yamada's calm manner that made the edgy Takemitsu Requiem a remarkably effective prelude to Fauré's more familiar, soft-edged lament for the departed.

In the wake of the election, I’ve been trying to focus less on Trump himself (delegating that, so to speak, to a legion of others), and more on those who voted for him, many of them new in his camp as of this election.

Lucy Shelton, an 80-year-old singer and a newcomer to opera who built her career on avant garde music, gave the kind of detailed interpretation only a life-long lieder singer could realize.

In its combination of quiet boldness, reticence when called for, and lack of self-consciousness, the term “masterpiece” does not seem to apply. It’s pretty satisfying though, and worth celebrating.

For those of us in Seattle and adjacent suburban areas the star players have been the crews that worked day and night restoring power to customers.

The legal/political battlefield between Gov. Ferguson and the Trump administration may turn out to be the Hanford cleanup of nuclear waste.

Whether Tulsi Gabbard has all the abilities needed to be director of national intelligence I don’t know. She does have the sharpness and independence of mind to question “talking points” — our adversaries’ and, especially, our own.

It’s hard to know what planners were thinking when they began to encourage development of luxury housing with light industrial and commercial uses in the Bel-Red area. More high-density housing is likely, squeezing out low-margin businesses.

Yesterday's Port Ludlow was an important Chemakum Native village and burial site.  Later it became one of the Pacific Northwest's largest sawmills. Today it has evolved into a luxury resort.

‘Tis better to give than... you know the rest. So here is a list of ideas to get you going.

To bolster its new vision, OSF has brought on key personnel with years of experience in regional theater promotion.

After leaving the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers in October 1805, near today's Pasco, Washington, the intrepid explorers marveled at "the number of dead salmon on the shores and floating in the river."

Peltola joined Washington Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez in a “blue dog caucus” of moderate Democrats. They signed onto bipartisan legislation and concentrated on issues of high priority back home.

Maybe that left/right framework is missing something. Maybe it even misses what’s really going on today.

Regarding nominees for Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Trump stated, “These are Big Men. The WAVES will love them.”

Growing passenger demand, regulatory reviews, and local objections make expansion of Sea-Tac airport a challenge for the Port of Seattle

Ubiquitous though they may be, totem poles are not native to the region surrounding what’s now called the Salish Sea.

His ominous plans to appoint some of the most unqualified people ever to inhabit the security and intelligence apparatus have U.S. allies bracing for chaotic economic fallout and rising instability that some fear could escalate into World War III.

Constantine’s decision not to seek a fifth term was widely anticipated. The big questions were when he would announce, and what career options he will pursue once he leaves office.  We know the when, but his next steps are not clear.