Politics
Comeback time for the flat tax?
Given some progressive tweaks, this tax might be the formula for solving the impasse in Congress and Olympia.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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Crosscut's Membership Drive: Because 'we are the media'
Your annual Membership is critical to keeping Crosscut serving you, so please consider joining the club and enjoying Member benefits. Drawings for Kindles (each week) and an iPad2 (grand prize) are meant to nudge you into doing the right thing. Today's drawing (Oct. 5) is for two tickets to the Merc
Politics
An intriguing mayor possibility, Maud Daudon
This former deputy mayor and Chamber of Commerce chair is looking at a mayor's race in 2013, but she may be too much of an unknown and with too little fire in the belly to do it.
Politics
The Gates that got away
Bob Gates, despite some courting by the U.W., settles for a genial post at William & Mary College. Would he have been what the doctor ordered for the Huskies?
Politics
How sweet it is, atop the pyramid of academe
As presidents and other top administrators step down to princely teaching posts, faculties with frozen salaries are outraged. Here are some examples of how the compensation game is played in our top universities.