Mass Exodus: Why Seattle’s City Council Members Are Rushing To The...
Whether the city can grow or mature a new crop of civic leaders is an open question. Not right away.
State of the Union: The Best of Joe
He had an energy, a fire tonight we rarely see in Biden, but it was there as he talked about 12 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment rate in decades, Medicare finally gaining the right to negotiate drug prices.
How the 747 Changed Flight
The Boeing 747 is the mother of modern mass air and freight travel. It almost didn't happen.
Great AdVantage: The River People at the Center of Washington State
River fishing is one way the Wanapum Native culture has been kept alive. In protecting and enhancing that culture and its 12,000-year-old fishing tradition, Natives of the region point to revered prophets.
Paper, Plastic or Cloth? What’s Best for the Environment?
Some years ago, I spent a couple of days calling the experts, asking which is the Path to Virtue? Paper or plastic?
“Genius to Idiot”: Ex-Mariners Owner Jeff Smulyan’s New Book Laments
"I've recommended to a number of business people that they should be a pariah at least once," he said, chuckling during a phone call from Los Angeles.
Remembering Architect Carl F. Gould
He fought for a city plan that was opposed by influential property owners. Never mind his reputation as a “gentleman architect,”he entered city-wide frays related to public art and architecture.
Review: PNB’s Lifeless “Giselle”
When it was new, in Paris, in 1841, it was exotic, atmospheric, exhaling a mossy dark fragrance of olden times, a tale of a disguised prince, a dishonored maiden, and supernatural revenge; what we call “Gothick.”
Initiative 135 for Social Housing: Voters Beware
The social-housing initiative is like the monorail proposal. It expresses the wants of a segment of the people, but has not come through normal channels and is not well thought out.
An Olmsted Legacy: Our Local Parks
Many of Seattle's Olmsted legacy parks display a plaque describing who passed here and what happened at this location.
Brother Mack: The Itinerate Preacher who once Roamed the Northwest
“He (Brother Mack) didn’t claim to be a great preacher . . .(but) . . . he knew not to rustle (his flock).”
Running for Office? Thirteen Survival Tips
I thought I’d give you an idea of what it means to run for an elective position in Seattle.
Two Wineries Blazing Their Own Trails
These are among the very finest wines I've tasted in the past year.
Has Identity Politics Had Its Day?
Solzhenitsyn and Havel were right. The Bible too. The line between good and evil passes through each human heart.
The Little-Known Peter Whose Name Made a Sound
Capt. Vancouver wrote, "to commemorate Mr. Puget’s exertions, the southern extremity I named Puget’s Sound.”
Biden Bends on Willow Alaskan Oil Drilling
The Biden Administration is leaning toward approval of an Alaska oil-drilling project, located west of Prudhoe Bay, that has been described by its developer ConocoPhillips as “the next great Alaskan (oil) hub.”
Olympia Report: Working Families, Warehouses, Ticket-Gouging
The existing working families tax credit has friends on both sides of the aisle.
Not to Miss: 111 Places in Seattle
Whether you are just visiting or a life-long native, this book will help you picture Seattle in an entirely different light.
Review: Karl Denson Puts in the Work
Alternating between heavy, Parliament-style funk, bluesy singing numbers, and hip-hop breakbeats, the seven-man corps tapped into impressive reserves, maintaining a fiery energy late into the night.
Not So Great Anymore: Britain is Mired in Hard Times
A self-inflicted wound called Brexit, compounded by the global economic body blows of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has laid low a mighty power.
Lights Out for Alaska’s Pebble Mine?
The Bristol Bay watershed supports the world’s largest wild-salmon fishery, and accounts for about 46 percent of the world’s wild sockeye salmon.
Italy — A Town That Really Works
A millennium of municipal governance has paid off. I have not seen such efficiency and dedication anywhere else.
A Good Week for Northwest Wilderness and Old Growth Forests
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., captained resistance to the Trump Administration when it removed the Tongass from Roadless Rule protection and began to identify valley-bottom forests for clearcutting.
2024: Dems’ Biggest Asset? Republicans
It’s a sure bet that House Republicans will help Democrats with extremist behavior and ham-handed management.
Not Rated: The Wines Outside the System
Most wines are never even tasted by influential reviewers and publications. Wineries often must apply for permission and sometimes pay a fee to make submissions, with no guarantee that their wines will be tasted.
Another One Bites the Dust: Medford Oregon Loses Its Newspaper
What made this particular death unusual was the abruptness of its closure earlier this month – on Friday the 13th, no less.
Review: esperanza spalding and Fred Hersch @JazzAlley
I’ve been alternately intrigued and puzzled by jazz duos ever since the winter of 2015
Remembering Victor Navasky, Editor of The Nation
Victor Navsky had the idea of invading the West Coast, and so we began some ultimately fruitless and vague talks about combining forces.
The Rise of “Habitual Loneliness”
There is, it seems likely, some correlation between “wandering alone,” and “relationships severed and never reestablished” and church decline.
A New Champion for “The Place Where Dreams go to Die”
Marshall Foster, who has a handsome list of accomplishments in big projects (he's the city's planning director and supervises the Waterfront Park), has just been named the interim director of Seattle Center.
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Let’s Get Real: Putin is Going to get What He Wants
For those who prefer to fight on, consider the human cost. At the end of 2024, Ukraine admitted 43,000 dead and 370,000 wounded. As of June, Russian media identified more than 111,000 Russian dead. It’s safe to assume the true figures are higher.
