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David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
Latest work
Politics
How political polarization tied this country in knots
Presidents routinely come in promising to rise above the warfare, and fail. A national political expert lists all the factors that have produced the demolition derby of national politics.
The Speight Age (and after) at Seattle Opera
Speight Jenkins, who has creatively shaped Seattle Opera for 29 years, will retire in 2014. What might his successor look like?
Reinventing the Seattle Symphony, presto
The troubled orchestra has run up an $11 million deficit, but it suddenly has a compelling strategy for turning things around. The goal: become "a contemporary orchestra."
Politics
Arena politics: getting toxic fast
The Port escalates the battle with a new round of studies, as opponents look for a way to have "a blameless kill."