Politics
At downtown intersection, strands of Seattle history converge
Where else in Seattle will you find two Irish bars in one building?
Bob Royer
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How CityClub's founding mothers made a better Seattle
At a time when gender barriers still had to be surmounted, eight women created better civic engagement with their personal strengths and social media tools, like contact lists written with pen on paper.
Politics
Belltown and Brooklyn: How Seattle misses having kids in an urban center
Children change the character of a place for the better, but downtown Seattle lacks an essential ingredient for serving families with children: schools.
Politics
Heroism at Chernobyl: a reprise in Japan
One of Russia's heroes came to Seattle for a bone-marrow transplant. Anatoly Grishchenko's example is something to remember as we watch Japan's efforts to bring its nuclear-reactor crisis under control.
Politics
Memo to Mayor McGinn's staff
At the start of a new administration, staffers should think about how to help their guy fill this eerily quiet place with life, accomplishment, meaning. Some advice from two who have been there, done that.