“I’ve got to be honest, this race is still a snoozer,” says political consultant Brett Bader of the battle for…
Inspiring Larson Thanks for the piece on Margaret Larson [Best of Seattle, “Best Voice for Humanitarianism,” Aug. 3]. I’ve followed…
Last week, James Billington, Librarian of Congress, gave the Henry M. Jackson Memorial Lecture at the University of Washington. Billington’s…
HEY, SISSY! Get off your flabby ass and stop watching those wimpy foreign movies! From now on it’s going to…
The state House is considering changes to Three Strikes and You’re Out.
* But hopefully not. Barry Bonds swings through Seattle on his way to immortality of some sort.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You’re more shadow than person right now. People are mostly perceiving you in two stark dimensions,…
The GOP gubernatorial candidate plans a primary advertising blitz—despite virtually no opposition.
People can talk all they want about culture-changing inventions like the microchip and the transistor, but my favorite technological marvel…
I have a question you might be able to shed some light on. After almost reaching the ancient age of…
Nobody can call the Green Party of Seattle predictable. Last week, the greenies endorsed a mayoral candidate who won’t even…
Thinking back on a too-close encounter.
CENTERCIRCLESPIN Local break-dance crews Circle of Fire and Massive Monkeys, featured in this spring’s Lords of the Floor program, are…
Our guide to the candidates and ballot measures in this year’s election.
WE DIDN’T REALIZE it then, but when I last embarked on a column like this—on media, politics, popular culture, and…
Break out the bubbly when you want to break the rules
DOT-COM SURVIVOR With regard to your cover stories on Seattle’s dot-com hangover [“The New New Economy?” June 28]: As a…
OK, a couple weeks back (Dategirl, Dec. 10) I let a reader named Julia spout off tips for men writing…
MEDIA With The Seattle Times poised to launch youth-oriented Next, a weekly opinion page, the rival Seattle Post-Intelligencer quietly unveiled…
Besieged supermarkets battle obsolescence with brie.
