Exploring North America’s Greatest Salmon River
There are many ways to kill a river, but still the Mighty One endures and, against so many obstacles, its fish keep returning.
Revenge of the Normies?
We're stuck. It's more like the revenge of the normal than the rescue by the normies.
A Barbara Tuchman Classic and its Contemporary Resonance
“A phenomenon of such extended malignance as the Great War does not come out of a Golden Age,” Tuchman wrote.
Veterans Day and ‘The Destiny of Nations’
Grandfather returned to Kansas after the war but was unable to make a go of it. He left his wife and children in 1927 to join the stream of unemployed men heading west.
Why Christians Should Oppose Christian Nationalism
Christian Nationalists view themselves as having lost their place of cultural dominance in America, and even as persecuted for their faith in contemporary American culture.
Beware the Whiplash
After the great gusts of relief expressed in the past 24 hours, this would come as quite a shock--we've already adopted a "dodged a bullet" mentality, and don't want it to be rudely interrupted.
Building on Blue: Washington State Rejects ReTrumplicans
It’s looking like a bad year for Trump-loving election deniers in Washington state.
Cheat Sheet: This Winter’s COVID
It’s hard to predict what the pattern will be in the US, because we continue to be an outlier with our low rates of vaccination and booster uptake.
Hanya Yanagihara’s New Novel “To Paradise”
In this new novel, Yanagihara exhibits her distinct ability to spin plot-driven tales brimming with interior life.
Eeyore Takes a Break
Beforehand, I was convinced there would be a Republican blowout that brought into power scores of 2020 election deniers able to deliver victories to Republicans regardless of actual results for years to come.
What Mattered Most: Youth Vote and Abortion
Already I am hearing from friends that they are sleeping more peacefully, able to believe in a reasoned future.
A Red Tsunami? Not Hardly!
Patty Murray wins easily. With retirement of Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vermont, Murray sits atop seniority in the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
The “Brazil of the North” Grapples with Cutting its Old Growth...
“At the end of the day, there are only two numbers that matter: the amount of planned logging in threatened old growth forests that’s gone ahead, and the amount that’s been stopped.”
The “Wicked Problem”: An Accounting of Seattle’s Long Battle with Homelessness
Written from her perspective of 30 years working with homeless youth and adults, Ensign unearths long overlooked stories of lives, history, and law touching homelessness.
Winners and Losers in Seattle’s New City Council Districts
If there’s a clear victim of 2020 redistricting, it’s probably Councilmember Dan Strauss.
Time for Seattle to Join the Ranked Choice Voting Brigade?
Nationwide, 50 jurisdictions employ some form of ranked choice voting.
On Election Day eight other cities and counties vote on whether to convert to ranked-choice voting.
Get the Lead Out: The Rise and Fall of Mechanical Pencils
Each jammed mechanical pencil had its own deconstruction. And some are simply more precise than others.
Nothing Lowly about the Lugubrious Lentil
Lentils are incomparably better the next day. But, to keep that secret, they certainly do not look better.
Weighing the Worst: The Undermining of Democracy
Elections only mean something if people are free to vote as they wish and the voting process has integrity.
Which Way Read?
So why do people read? To learn? To amuse? To fill in the cracks of boredom? Probably all of these.
Buona Festa! Italy Has a Festival for Everything
Festivals devoted to almost every fruit and vegetable, as well as fests for grains, flours, and flowers, birds. and every imaginable kind of pasta.
Russ is Cooked. Geno’s on Fire. And Pete? Feelin’ Fine!
Things can change quickly. What can't change is the fact that the Seahawks have eight games of proof that their offense is better without Wilson.
Post Alley’s New “What We’re Reading” Blog
Every Monday afternoon Post Alley writers gather for a newsroom meeting. When the website first started, we'd meet in person, down at Peter Miller...
Has Seattle City Council Devised a Strategic Retreat?
"The intriguing prospect is a reassembling of what council member Andrew Lewis calls 'the pre-head-tax, pro-growth coalition,' basically the Establishment Left and the Business Democrats as a working majority."
Where’s the Beef? Patty Murray’s Campaign Ads Omit her Significant Record
Tiffany Smiley is getting around and gaining ground by claiming Murray does nothing for the state. The claim is a lie, but the senator’s campaign has underplayed her accomplishments.
They-a-culpa: Revisiting the Seattle Times’ “A1 Revisited”
I have a sense of disappointment that the newsroom has expended so much fruitless energy on sins of the past, and has done so with journalism that doesn’t meet Times’ standards.
Escape Pods: The Rise of the Homeowners Associations
Homeowners associations are quietly, steadily taking over local governance – especially in the suburbs.
Back to the Future: Lula Squeaks Out a Win over Bolsonaro...
The final vote was closer than pollsters had predicted – Lula’s 50.9% to Bolsonaro’s 49.1% -- intensifying concern that the incumbent would cry foul.
Pramila Jayapal, Congressional Icarus?
The bright lights of notoriety are casting shadows on the fast-rising Jayapal.
Happy Halloween, Sorta
Me? I’m up with Halloween. Give room for the dark side! Be the monster you sometimes, secretly, are. Candy for all!
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Radical Skepticism has Eaten Truth from the Inside
My point is not to launch a witch-hunt for post-modernists. It is to try to get a handle on how the view that there’s no truth, only power, and the posture of radical skepticism devolve into a cynicism that is corrosive to the soul and to society.
