After the half-decade AEG debacle, Bumbershoot is officially back. It’s not better than ever – a bit pricey; not enough beer selection; you can’t exactly top Miles Davis; etc. – but these two years under New Rising Sun have been a sterling return to form.

Likeability has been a handicap for women, often eliminated by the query: “Who’d you rather have a beer with?” Exhibit camaraderie when possible -- your running mate Tim Walz is a prime example: Who you gonna split a Runza with?

Just before World War I, Pantages emerged as the top theater owner in the United States.

Besides energizing Democrats and improving her status with various demographic groups, Harris has benefitted from evident confusion and some gross faux pas by Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.

Ste. Michelle's new leader believes his attempts at re-inventing, re-organizing, re-centering the company – call it what you will – have a good chance of success. Kind of like Dan Wilson’s take on the Mariners, although by some metrics the M’s are in better shape.

The Times stories were a bonanza for the Chinese government, which long considered Falun Gong an anti-state and anti-humanity cult.

Humans have lived in western Washington for at least 14,000 years, from the Ice Age to the present.  We know them from 19th century tribal names: Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Suquamish, Tulalip, etc.  Today, the issues of fishing rights and casinos make headlines, but the tribes’ profound antiquity and management of the environment is less well known.

The result of this surprise is to unite the right against the governing New Democratic Party (NDP), which has been in power since 2017 and seemed solidly entrenched with two parties splitting the conservative vote.

When psychological and therapeutic language are asked to do double-duty as our primary moral framework, it falls short.

The major shift: Suburban and exurban districts, once centers of Republican strength, are now consistently sending Democrats to the Legislature.

What endangers our democracy is that many citizens see the federal bureaucracy as currently or potentially restricting their freedoms. 

Harris is being hailed by foreign policy experts from the left, right and center as an advocate of the internationalism that Biden has attempted to revive to provide the U.S. influence necessary to resolve conflicts and divisions ravaging the planet.

“I grew up around a bunch of women in particular who laughed from the belly. They laughed. They would sit around the kitchen, drinking their coffee, telling big stories with big laughs."

Will the triple threat of the FAFSA fiasco, COVID changes, and demographic declines result in classes that are too small to sustain financially? 

Row after row after row of wines, in bottles and cans and boxes, flanked by giant end stacks of soda pop wines, hard lemonade, No-Lo options and pre-mixed cocktails.

Intertwined with Trump’s hatred is his whining over unfairness: the sense that he’s the aggrieved party, mistreated by women.

The leading politicians of those years are rendered as complex and articulate figures, so it is a good test of democracy's problem-solving aspects.

"With this election, our nation has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past," said Harris. Seizing on that opportunity will be "the defining goal of my presidency."

If longtime readers sense a repetitive theme here, I wish I could offer otherwise. But the top of club ops is the through-point that explains the mortal embarrassment of being the only MLB team without a World Series appearance.

They acquired a reputation as combative, loyal to kin and distrustful of government, characteristics that were highlighted in U.S. Senator Jim Webb’s 2004 book about the Scots-Irish, "Born Fighting." 

With the vice-presidential nomination of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the party hopes for a safe landing in what White House aspirants have long labeled "fly over territory."

Most all liberal theology is “natural theology,” which has left the church with too little to say about God’s nature and purposes.

Obama and other speakers underscored the unity message first spoken 20 years ago: "America is ready for a new chapter. America is ready for a better story."

The City Light license to operate the dams expires April 30, 2025. Meanwhile, the clock is relentlessly eating up time, with much yet to resolve about fisheries issues.

A bit of the drama of Biden’s withdrawal came through in his speech. “I love the job but I love my country more,” he said, underlying the task of preventing a second Trump term.

With evidence of retreating glaciers all around us, will voters heed the signals? The West Coast has a leadership role to play.

This change, formally called a “public investment impact disclosure” was mandated by the Legislature in 2022 to make it more difficult to use the initiative process to repeal laws approved by lawmakers.

If legislation is passed, about 450,000 barred owls would be killed over the next 30 years. Each year about 15,000 barred owls would be shot, less than 0.5% of their total population in North America, according to Fish and Wildlife.

Speaker Pelosi had success by following two key values: respect for all House members, and sharing credit.

Springing up like chanterelle mushrooms after an autumn rain are myriad global and regional certifications trumpeting Organic, Biodynamic, LIVE, Salmon Safe, Sustainable, Natural, LEED, SIP, Demeter, Vegan and still more eco-friendly credentials.