Did anyone actually take the dinner train? The "Spirit of Washington Dinner Train," as it was called? I did, once, for a story. It was a more delightful experience than I could have imagined, running on a rail line that provided a new and terrifically lovely view of Lake Washington, en route to Wood
For once, the horse race handicapping of the primary season is a metaphor with great legs. We're watching a field of fierce runners and the move from the mindset post-Iowa to now post-New Hampshire is one that signals a real and brutal race ahead.
This appeared Thursday, December 20th in the email in-box at KING-FM (Seattle-based classical music station, and a leader in streaming audio online). The sender's name has been changed. The message is as as follows:
We posted a Crosscut Clicker item today about a woman accused of stealing $1.6 million [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004063891_webembezzle10m.html] from her Tacoma employer; she was indicted on the same day a former Microsoft manager was charged with stealing over $1 million [htt
Monica Guzman at the P-I's Big Blog [http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/] has been on a roll lately. She was the first blogger to pick up on the online accusatory fever over Amanda Knox [http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/archives/125268.asp?source=rss] in the now-notorious Per
