Culture
The Needle, the flag, and the moon
A moving, pre-dawn ceremony on top of the Space Needle pays tribute to the sacrifices of 9/11.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Culture
A dark day for gleaming visions
Minoru Yamasaki's science pavilion at the Century 21 world's fair got him the commission to design the World Trade Center. Its ruins are resonant still, in part because of the ideals he brought from Seattle.
Seattle & King County
Despite tech-sector hype, defense spending still butters our croissants
Boeing's newest Pentagon contract highlights an economic powerhouse that belies Washington's claims of liberalism and innovation and the Peace Economy.
Tech
Seattle and the Space Age that fizzled
We ushered in the manned Space Age with Century 21. As the Space Shuttle programs end, its time to consider one failing: We made the New Frontier a place for experts and elites, not the people.
Culture
Seattle needs more shrines to writers
In a city that draws the "creative class," why don't we have more reverence for our writers? Why not use them to boost tourism? Why is there no Theodore Roethke Historic Park, or Frank Herbert Wax Museum?