Politics
Lessons from Black Friday
It's all about rewarding the wrong things, and aspiring to the wrong kind of metropolitan life.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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Culture
Smaller ferries in Admiralty Inlet would be dangerous
A former NOAA officer, otherwise anonymous, has filed an interesting report about weather conditions in Admiralty Inlet [http://captrichardrodriguez.blogspot.com/2008/02/myopia-continues.html], where the Port Townsend-Whidbey Island ferry route runs (when it does). His verdict: the state's plans to
Seattle & King County
Genuflecting to the high rises
Let's not get too giddy and forget to examine these supposed architectural marvels – before they're built.
Politics
Will Seattle cops cop to change?
A blue-ribbon panel on police accountability buries some significant proposals for reform in a bland-seeming report. But some new political conditions, and public pressure, could produce actual change.
Politics
Northwest mega-donors were a little stingy last year
Slate.com is out with its annual list of the top 60 American philanthropists [http://specials.slate.com/slate60/2007/], and there's a surprise for the mega-wealthy Northwest. Only one person from the region makes the list, Phil Knight, the Nike CEO, who comes in 16th of the top 60 for his $100 milli