Don't count the cross-Cascade fuel pipeline out just yet. Officials of the Olympic Pipe Line Company, which runs the north-south pipeline that went boom in… Continue reading
Mutt putt - Breaking golf's final barrier.
If she's so 'committed to public service,' why is Jennifer Dunn eyeing the private sector?
The scarce, elusive Cascade grizzlies go to court for a little respect—and room.
Experts doubt high-tech monitoring can save Seattle from bioattacks.
The bad blood keeps flowing over the Seattle International Film Festival's taking sponsorship money from the giant Blockbuster chain and allegedly spurning independent local video… Continue reading
And God bless the patron saint of America's only sane drug policy: Dick Nixon.
"WE WANTED TO reconnect with our community."So we decided to reach out and touch someone."That's what The Herald newspaper did with its foray into civic… Continue reading
Burma, sanctions, and the attorney general.
HELL HATH NO FURY like a rugby player who fears being driven from the field by NIMBY complaints over bright lights shining in sleepless neighbors'… Continue reading
It's time for Smokey Bear to retire, for the good of the woods. But Forest Service momentum and Bush timber policy stand in the way.
GREETINGS FROM—or should that be to?—the heartland of crony capitalism. Northeast Brazil, whence the editors have graciously let me file, is a vast scorched region… Continue reading
A while back, after many years away, I happened to visit a town where we lived for a few years when I was a kid:… Continue reading
Twice lately I've had the same weird experience—once on the sidewalk on Broadway and once in a Safeway somewhere in the black hole of Highway… Continue reading
Out on the desert sands (the sands of Eastern Washington, that is), a hard-fought petro-political intrigue is unfolding. On one side stands the Olympic Pipeline… Continue reading
Remember 15 years ago, when Mayor Charles Royer's "KidsPlace" project was supposed to keep Seattle safe and congenial for families? Congenial it certainly seemed. I… Continue reading
A new theft jackpot: storage lockers.
How could the city go wrong picking an architect whose name sounds like "cool house"? But I'm still amazed that, with a selection process for… Continue reading
As the Port seeks more cruise ships, critics decry inconsistent environmental regs.
Didja hear the news brief about the septuagenarian officials of a town back East who promised to jump out of a plane if voters would… Continue reading
