Email Author Knute Berger

2005 Stories by Knute Berger

• Mossbacks Remembered: 2005

  published December 28, 2005

  Our annual tribute to the departed shapers of our Northwest corner. More >>

• A Questionable Year

  published December 21, 2005

  Last week, Seattle City Council member Jim Compton announced he would quit in January. In the middle of his second term, he's suddenly... More >>

• From Dust to Dust

  published December 14, 2005

  The face of the earth is no longer a sponge, but a dust heap . . . rendered no longer fit for the... More >>

• The Year of Living Stupidly

  published December 14, 2005

  2005 is the year of the idiot, the moron, the incompetent, of the man in over his head. It is a reverse renaissance—when bad ideas... More >>

• The Little Landmark That Could

  published December 7, 2005

  This November was April for monorails—the cruelest month. On Nov. 8, Seattle voters euthanized the bungled Green Line, ending the... More >>

• Bankruptcy of Spirit

  published November 30, 2005

  The holiday season has officially begun with widespread reports of near rioting at various big-box retailers, including the Wal-Mart in... More >>

• Redneck Renegade

  published November 23, 2005

  Why don't we liberate these United States We're the ones who need it the worst Let the rest of the world help us for a change More >>

• Ross Perot in '08

  published November 16, 2005

  Remember the big ears and the "giant sucking sound"? Yes, he's back. As political strategists turn their eyes to 2006 and 2008,... More >>

• Chain Gangs

  published November 9, 2005

  I suppose I should take it as a compliment that The Seattle Times has come to Seattle Weekly's defense in an Oct. 28... More >>

• Three Smart, Small Steps

  published November 2, 2005

  The past two presidential elections and the 2004 gubernatorial follies have left me feeling hungover, as if from a night I don't want to... More >>

• Alternate Realities

  published October 26, 2005

  Back in 1996-97, Seattle Weekly was for sale. The founder, David Brewster, was planning to retire, and various publishing... More >>

• A Child of Scoop

  published October 19, 2005

  In the echo chamber of Seattle liberal politics, you don't hear much about the inner workings of the Republican Party. Those people, for... More >>

• Nanny Seattle

  published October 12, 2005

  People tell me how surprised they are at liberal Seattle's prudish crackdown on strip clubs and lap dancers, but it seems totally in... More >>

• A Fair Question

  published October 5, 2005

  "Sustainability" is a more thoughtful theme for a world's fair than, say, "Global Chomping Excess," but you have to wonder if the term... More >>

• Designer Governments

  published September 21, 2005

  Last week, I feared Mayor Greg Nickels would find a way to avoid killing the Seattle Monorail Project (SMP), so I was pleasantly... More >>

• Making Sense of Disaster

  published September 14, 2005

  This week, Mike Brown, the George W. Bush crony who headed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and bungled the Katrina... More >>

• Duck and Cover-Up

  published September 7, 2005

  Sitting atop a major fault and in the shadow of an active volcano, Seattle should be paying very close attention to the catastrophe in... More >>

• A Back-to-School Column

  published August 31, 2005

  Last weekend, I watched a bunch of suburban drivers fill up their black SUVs and 4x4s at an Eastside gas station. One of the vehicles... More >>

• Seattle, Seventh Heaven

  published August 24, 2005

  Seattle likes to think of itself as a bastion of deep blue, a liberal city that keeps the beacon of progressivism lit in the dark days... More >>

• Time for a Mercy Killing

  published August 17, 2005

  And all men kill the thing they love, By all let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does... More >>

• The Monkey Wrench Pang

  published August 10, 2005

  Ron Sims' re-election hangs by a thread. Despite missteps and mismanagement, the King County exec should be in a strong position for... More >>

• A Big SWAT for Ron Sims

  published August 3, 2005

  There's only one thing more annoying than spam from state Republican Party Chair Chris Vance. That's an e-mail in which his partisan... More >>

• Internet Martyr

  published July 20, 2005

  In the past couple of weeks, we've covered the life—and what turned out to be the last days—of Andy Stephenson, a Seattle... More >>

• Bitch SLAPPed Again?

  published July 13, 2005

  Remember SLAPP suits? Back in the 1980s and '90s, corporations developed a tactic of filing lawsuits against outspoken critics. The idea... More >>

• State Poised for Second Monorail Audit

  published July 13, 2005

  State Auditor Brian Sonntag says his review of the Seattle Monorail Project is off to a good start. The monorail staff is cooperative,... More >>