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Knute Berger

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Nick Licata Moves Ahead with Writer's Park Plan, Proposes it for Downtown Waterfront

    ​Pushing for more public recognition of Seattle's literary heritage, City Council member Nick Licata has proposed several concepts including a new park space as part of the waterfront revitalization project. "I brought up the idea before our Council's briefing meeting this past Monday when P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Mastodon Mystery Mulled at Manis--Massive Missive by Monday

    ​Answers to one of the most important paleontological questions in Washington state are expected to surface no later than Monday. The topic: the mastodon. Not this Mastodon. That mastodon.

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Tim Eyman Finally Finds an Initiative that Makes Sense

    ​Yesterday, publicity hound and conservative initiative king Tim Eyman sent out a mass e-mail with the text of an article sympathetic to his new anti-tolling measure. The story was by Crosscut's Knute Berger, the former editor of Seattle Weekly. Berger is no knee-jerk liberal; he's got a disti ... More >>

  • News

    July 20, 2011

    Poet's Park

    Why doesn't Seattle have a green space for writers?

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2011

    Jack Hamann

    Why doesn't Seattle have a green space for writers?

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Washington Is the Only State That Can't Name It's Own Places

    ​Time to panic, everyone. Knute Berger at Crosscut says that a board you'd never heard of no longer exists: The Washington Board on Geographic Names was an Olympia budget cut victim, even though the body had already been working on a volunteer basis for months, essentially meaning it cost noth ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2009

    Seattle Bookfest

    ​Time to panic, everyone. Knute Berger at Crosscut says that a board you'd never heard of no longer exists: The Washington Board on Geographic Names was an Olympia budget cut victim, even though the body had already been working on a volunteer basis for months, essentially meaning it cost noth ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2009

    Jack Hamann

    ​Time to panic, everyone. Knute Berger at Crosscut says that a board you'd never heard of no longer exists: The Washington Board on Geographic Names was an Olympia budget cut victim, even though the body had already been working on a volunteer basis for months, essentially meaning it cost noth ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2009

    Still the Moss

    The Weekly’s former editor collects his columns into a thing of beauty.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Morning Links

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007

    Mossback's Back!

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    The Rat Patrol

    In pre-emptive play for Republican support, Obama increases tax cut component of stimulus package.Al Franken, Senator.Even grumpy old Knute Berger likes some things about the new Seattle.Nickels makes good on his promise to use salt on snowy roads.One arrest in the Chop Suey shooting.Crime de jour: ... More >>

  • News

    July 19, 2006

    Schwinn City

    "[T]he reason I drive a Jaguar today is that it is the closest I’ve come to re-creating the feeling of having my very own Schwinn."

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    Seattle's Bold Bioneers

    "[M]ooching a ride accomplishes what the city has been attempting to do for years...which is to get more than one butt in the car."

  • News

    June 7, 2006

    Dumbing Down Racism

    "[T]he dice have always been loaded in this country, and...people who pass as white live different lives because of it."

  • News

    April 5, 2006

    Capitol Hill Massacre

    "Using the concept of evil to explain a deed is an intellectual cop-out...."

  • News

    February 15, 2006

    The Muhammad Cartoon War

    "Get real. The reason that publications in the West have reprinted cartoons of the prophet Muhammad is because, in today's political climate, it is OK (in some circles) to attack Muslims and Arabs."

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    The Sheriff and the Serial Killer

    "... I don't think there's any perfect manual on how to obtain data from a crazy criminal psyche. ..."

  • News

    December 7, 2005

    The Drugging of the American Mind

    "... I don't think there's any perfect manual on how to obtain data from a crazy criminal psyche. ..."

  • News

    August 31, 2005

    98.8 Percent Overhead

    "... I don't think there's any perfect manual on how to obtain data from a crazy criminal psyche. ..."

  • News

    May 25, 2005

    Marilyn Monroe's Breasts

    "... I don't think there's any perfect manual on how to obtain data from a crazy criminal psyche. ..."

  • Arts

    May 25, 2005

    50 Ways to Celebrate Global Warming

    We all know it's getting hotter out there. Here's how to make the most of your ozone-free summer.

  • News

    March 30, 2005

    Turf: The Green Dream

    We all know it's getting hotter out there. Here's how to make the most of your ozone-free summer.

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Dispatches From the Quagmire

    We all know it's getting hotter out there. Here's how to make the most of your ozone-free summer.

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    More or Lesser?

    We all know it's getting hotter out there. Here's how to make the most of your ozone-free summer.

  • News

    November 10, 2004

    Red vs. Blue: The Aftermath

    Seattle Weekly readers sound off on the election.

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    The Drug Issue

    Seattle Weekly readers sound off on the election.

  • News

    July 21, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Seattle Weekly readers sound off on the election.

  • News

    June 23, 2004

    Table of Contents

    Seattle Weekly readers sound off on the election.

  • News

    June 23, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Seattle Weekly readers sound off on the election.

  • News

    May 26, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Even the Weather Channel has . . . spicy docudramas that exploit our apparent need to be entertained by extreme weather events."

  • News

    May 19, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    " . . . Bush hasn't offered the Iraqis any money, and Rumsfeld sure as hell isn't going to resign any time soon."

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Transit belongs on city streets, not in parks. . . . "

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "An atheistic, gun-owning defender of gay rights? What is the world coming to?"

  • News

    April 7, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Thomsen blasts the M's for trading Cirillo for worthless players. Does sabermetrics have a way to trade a .205 hitter for good players?"

  • News

    March 10, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Thomsen blasts the M's for trading Cirillo for worthless players. Does sabermetrics have a way to trade a .205 hitter for good players?"

  • News

    March 3, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "If our species was supposed to be vegetarian, we would have molars the size of shot glasses and jaw muscles the size of plates."

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Sure, Kerry is no Howard Dean on the excitement factor, but he is no way near as dull as Al Gore, who won the popular vote against Bush. . . . "

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    . . . [I]f men did not want to sexually degrade women, society would not suffer the impacts of raped, battered, and dead women.

  • News

    May 14, 2003

    May 14-20, 2003

    Were talking about four more years of Bush-appointed judges deciding cases brought by John Ashcrofts Justice Department. . . .

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Oh, Please, Not France

    Were talking about four more years of Bush-appointed judges deciding cases brought by John Ashcrofts Justice Department. . . .

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    "Wow, for someone who has 'never heard or read' what he is writing about, Knute Berger sure has a lot to say [Mossback, "Conservative Crybabies," April 2]. Perhaps if he actually knew something about his subject, he wouldn't sound so hysterical. . . ."

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    'Geov Parrish's column about the death of Rachel Corrie sounds like the kind of deliberate, willful, one-sided, manipulative screed one would expect to find in Pravda. ...'

  • News

    January 29, 2003

    "There is more to equitable, interactive living than merely packing areas full of different ethnicities."

    'Geov Parrish's column about the death of Rachel Corrie sounds like the kind of deliberate, willful, one-sided, manipulative screed one would expect to find in Pravda. ...'

  • News

    November 6, 2002

    "It is only responsible to consider the implications for our society of training thousands of youths to use violence and murder to resolve conflicts."

    'Geov Parrish's column about the death of Rachel Corrie sounds like the kind of deliberate, willful, one-sided, manipulative screed one would expect to find in Pravda. ...'

  • News

    October 9, 2002

    "McDermott is no moral force or human shield; he's just a partisan political hack who blames America first."

    'Geov Parrish's column about the death of Rachel Corrie sounds like the kind of deliberate, willful, one-sided, manipulative screed one would expect to find in Pravda. ...'

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    'Geov Parrish's column about the death of Rachel Corrie sounds like the kind of deliberate, willful, one-sided, manipulative screed one would expect to find in Pravda. ...'

  • News

    September 13, 2000

    ". . . they have spawned 'cookie cutter' schools with highly scripted lessons and a revolving door for teaching staff."

    'Geov Parrish's column about the death of Rachel Corrie sounds like the kind of deliberate, willful, one-sided, manipulative screed one would expect to find in Pravda. ...'

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    "Artists need cheap space, and cheap space comes and goes. Seattle is expensive space."

    'Geov Parrish's column about the death of Rachel Corrie sounds like the kind of deliberate, willful, one-sided, manipulative screed one would expect to find in Pravda. ...'

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    "The people...you describe are counter-revolutionary Neo-Luddites. They rage impotently against a very real economic transformation taking place that rivals the Industrial Revolution...."

    'Geov Parrish's column about the death of Rachel Corrie sounds like the kind of deliberate, willful, one-sided, manipulative screed one would expect to find in Pravda. ...'

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