A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic," said Stalin, who understood such things too well. Likewise whale deaths. When the… Continue reading
Terrorism drills in Chicago (pneumonic plague) and Seattle (dirty bomb).
It has come to this: On Saturday night, while respectable folk are out enjoying the early evening Seattle sun, I will be home baying at… Continue reading
The good doctor can help with our civic head cold.
Pioneer Square alcohol rules don't seem to have much effect.
As millionaire Stuart Sloan adopts a second school, test scores are beginning to come in for his first—and they aren't good.
THIS IS NOT a time for quick, decisive action. And thankfully, despite the president's rhetoric that we are at war, the government so far has… Continue reading
IN THE SUMMER of 1972, while George W. Bush was skipping his military physical, I was getting mine. I went through pre- induction testing at… Continue reading
The transit workers who sued last week to overturn Initiative 695 won't be the last to go to court. Holders of soon-to-be-downgraded state and local… Continue reading
CANADA GEESE have been much in the news lately, as wildlife officials prepared to adopt WTO tactics to corral and gas—albeit this time fatally—some 3,500… Continue reading
An argument for keeping the next library bibliocentric.
My latest boyfriend dumped me because, in his words, "I really like you, I'm just not falling in love with you. I want to fall… Continue reading
Sure, hope for the best. But we'd better have a plan if we get four more years.
A Metro Driver Reflects on the Aurora Tragedy and Its Aftermath
The other underground tour reveals an ugly picture.
Send them to special ed . . . especially if they're black.
This heretical idea I'm getting that goodness or intelligence is more interesting than fame comes from, I think, doing an ethics column (which is how… Continue reading
Stone-cold losers don't raise $1 million in 60 days.Many people have already written off Referendum 51 (R-51), the $7.7 billion gas tax increase on November's… Continue reading
