“She will truly be missed, but her legacy lives on in some of the most beautiful places in Washington state she helped protect and in each one of us she has touched.”

"The Market is really a medieval village, governed by mysterious informal practices, 'a mixture of anarchism and Bolshevism,' as the saying goes."

We appear to have accepted that COVID may well be a major cause of death indefinitely. To borrow and twist the subtitle of Dr. Strangelove, we’ve learned to stop worrying and love the virus.

The asparagus of early spring, 2022.

To some townsfolk, the new plan looks like rearranging the deck chairs aboard the Titanic.  But insiders believe that, at least in the short run, they can make it work.

"I feel no ire toward Elon Musk, but I want to be able to stop thinking about him."

There’s no such thing as pass-fail when it comes to the climate crisis.

Might all the whingeing and slow walking of support be a matter of policy, not pusillanimity or red tape?

Drives to unionize are a dynamic that, despite sophisticated efforts by employers to make employees feel like “part of the family,” can crop up in any large company. 

The chief “green” of his visit will be the money he raises here and in Portland at Democratic National Committee events.

Justice for war crimes is an issue that goes beyond the practical difficulty of arresting a head of state in his own country.

I never thought specifically about having a risk budget until a friend, who is a psychiatrist, used the term to describe the daily decisions we each make about potential exposure to the virus.

"If you’re struggling to build or deepen relationships, it might be because you’re too polite. Relationship building requires risk-taking."

Under slavery, a privileged few benefited from the unpaid labor of many.

Circulation and access are life blood to the Market's 500 small businesses and to ancillary services like the Health Clinic, Day Care, and Foodbank.

It would be hard to imagine a greater example of the power of film, the essence of what SIFF is all about.

As ex-Seattle Mayor Charley Royer posted, “I always thought Peter should have run for office. Didn’t need to. He found other ways to serve.”

The Second World War brought many migrants to the Pacific Northwest, including large numbers of African Americans and Asians working at Boeing, the shipyards, fishing, and timber.  Those desperate newcomers needed shelter.

The stark reality of Russian domestic support in the face of unspeakable brutality and tens of thousands killed on both sides begs the question of what it will take to turn Russians against the war and its Kremlin instigator. 

The war casts a sharp light on the fact that this is not for us only an external conflict. It is, and perhaps even more importantly, an internal conflict.

Baseball at its heart is a game of numbers and statistics. The game provides ample opportunity to compare one's knowledge and memory with other fans.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has held no town halls in recent years, and is reticent about schedules where voters can catch up with her.

Available temporary  housing? Yes. In South Seattle, where the need is great? Yes. An entirely empty village ready to go? Yes. But it is vacant. Why?

In what kind of Emergency do we shut down reporting of detailed hospitalization trends?

Elon Musk is nothing if not bold. He has risked substantial sums and bet boldly on multiple ventures in the past.

Of the three Republican senators who are voting for Judge Jackson’s confirmation, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, Tweeted on Tuesday: “Collins, Murkowski, and Romney are pro-pedophile.”

Maybe the best way to accomplish these unions is for there to be a source of funding (or loans) that dangles a five-year package of money and real estate -- but only if the merger takes place.

In 1889, the five-person Press Expedition (named for the Seattle Press, a statewide newspaper), led by James Christie, crossed the Olympic Peninsula from the Elwha River to the Quinault Valley.

Cities see their role as making culture widely available to everyone without imposing stiff ticket prices.

“We don’t have to repeat mistakes of those Christians who supported the German government when they invaded Poland many years ago.”