WATCHING THE NEW Frank Gehry blob take shape at the foot of the Space Needle is exciting; it suggests there’s…
MY DEAREST PET LADY, As I read the most recent Pet Lady [May 2], I felt a euphoric happiness over…
Every time someone talks about how great SoDo—er, Safeco—Field looks, I remember Thomas Carlyle, the cantankerous Scottish author of “The…
Salty yarns and a cash bar.
Last week, supporters of efforts to bring all-ages dancing back to Seattle notched one glorious victory and one crushing defeat….
I’M NEVER GOING into space. This is a big disappointment. I grew up in the era of the Mercury astronauts,…
Murders and suicides by military personnel might be part of the Iraq war toll.
Seattle’s library opts to keep useful, offbeat arts collections.
LOOK OUT—Mom’s pissed! Seattle City Council member and strict mother Margaret Pageler has launched a vigorous defense of the Teen…
WATCH OUT, Port of Seattle—the world is watching. Well, maybe it’s just the country, but it’s still curious to see…
“. . . one of the true ways to distinguish among bipedal primates in today’s postmodern, postgendered, post-cold war world is knowing the difference between apes and monkeys.”
A new contender for Washington’s worst judge.
“We were going to do what we were going to do, regardless.” a) Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., explaining that all…
It’s time to defend public television again, but let’s demand something better in return.
Here’s another thing I never thought I’d say: I wish I’d attended the Walk for Capitalism. Not for the exercise—the…
The lose-lose war at Neah Bay.
Terrified of GreenwayMark D. Fefer’s “Big green money machine” was well-written, supplying a realistic description of what’s going on with…
For European guide and public-television star RICK STEVES, soul-satisfying travel is not about hitting touristy hot spots. It’s about becoming…
