Russ bailed them out but he got very tired of it.

The writing has been on the wall for this moment. The Seahawks were forced to do the forbidden thing in the NFL: they traded a Hall of Fame quarterback with tread on his tires.

Since the nation's early days, politicians have embellished much of our history. They weave myths about the founding fathers who allegedly never made a mistake, loved mankind, and trusted the people.

It just breaks my heart to see what’s happening now, in contrast to our Washington state people's hard work to make a positive and productive relationship with Russia.

Germany was destined to undo what one of its politicians called Britain’s “intolerable hegemony” over the world. Substitute “America’s” and the words could be Xi’s or Putin’s.

Serve with extra grated cheese and the rest of the bread crumbs and fresh pepper and a last line of olive oil. The treat of winter bitters.

The City Council promptly endorsed this proposal, 6-3, stating that the new department would “protect this marginalized group from economic exploitation and a toxic work environment, end the tyranny of a brutal criminal gang, and not only pay for itself but actually run a surplus.

“The contrast between how Putin and Zelensky are presenting themselves in this war is striking and symbolic of what is happening on the ground.”

Perhaps the greatest challenge I’ve encountered is not linguistic or social, but physical.

Putin then had the rebel oligarch arrested, put into a courtroom cage and sent to prison for ten years, and picked another oligarch (listed as being sanctioned) to take over the Yukos oil company.

Orthodox Christianity is divided between Moscow and Istanbul, and the Ukrainian church is a key battleground and proxy.

Something about the use of social media in Russia's invasion of Ukraine feels big and new. The scope is larger, the stakes are higher, and this conflict is already far more participatory from major segments of society.

The guiding reality of Seattle (like Portland) is facing up to its de-magnetization through neglect, complacency, Amazon-dependency, and performative revolutionary politics.

The Times, which used to hire mostly from regional papers or within, is now taking advantage of the strong national market for journalists.

I think there are not now, nor were there then, very many television newsrooms that attracted on-air people, photographers, writers, and editors who were hired not for their hair, but for what grew under it. 

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, warns that Putin is likely to escalate hostilities with “indiscriminate bombing” of the type that Russia used to destroy regime opponents and infrastructure in Chechnya and Syria.

The state sued Grocery Manufacturers, spurning a cost-of-doing-business settlement, and won a $6 million judgment. 

"The streets of downtown have been abandoned by government and handed over to criminal activity.” 

Ukraine’s mosaic of people lived between turbulent powers. 

Granted, Capitol Hill isn't 12th and Jackson, or even 3rd and Pike, but if you're going to operate a supermarket there you have to find a way to both protect and serve.

A naked woman on the cover? I said to myself.  This won’t be appearing in bookstores.

We can only hope that Putin’s savage, unprovoked action does not lead to World War III which by miscalculation it could, with apocalyptic results.

Joe Biden did not stand out as a greenie during 36 years in the Senate, but he made expansive promises on the campaign trail, pledging to end new oil, gas, and coal leasing on federal lands. 

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader once called Senn "the best insurance commissioner in the United States, hands down." She was also the most entertaining.

Meeker, who himself traversed the Oregon Trail, was instrumental in the celebrations and monuments along the Trail. Today, his Puyallup home is a pioneer museum.

At Casa now, 92 years after its first incarnation, it’s finally avanti tutta! Full speed ahead.

So much of our national life and debate has been self-indulgent, stupid, and dangerous for so long. Can Putin do what the pandemic could not and wake us up?

The pioneering broadcast company was started in Seattle by the fabled Dorothy Bullitt, an indomitable business leader who ran the company, as did her three children, with panache, high standards, and idealism.

From it flowed a cascade of effects that brought about a remarkable and under-appreciated rise of women into elected office in Washington, a political ascendancy unmatched in any other state.

Keep in mind that Libertarians, like Pence, strongly condemned the January 6 insurrection. And the Libertarian Party is registered in all 50 states as a third party.