Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
In the news: City council frets about Seattle neighborhood funding; Steve Jobs as . . . land use advocate?; signing petitions edges toward politically dangerous; Patty Murray thinks the supercommittee is hard and a Swede snags the literature Nobel.
Say it ain't so: U Village without Barnes & Noble?; media changes; Joel Connelly on the northern border; Doc Hastings to Alaska's defense?; and remembering a speech by ex-Reedie Steve Jobs.
In the news: Amanda Knox finally scores a get out of jail free card; Alaska votes on the Pebble mine; Inslee loses sight of his base; the Seattle FBI faces scrutiny for religious discrimination; and Oregon U.S. Attorney is at long last confirmed.
Killing higher education and the economic future of Washington state; heavy regulation; money flow is unequal in Snohomish County race; there goes another dam; and President Obama's forgetfulness in Seattle.
The political education of former U.S. Attorney John McKay; a tax break for Safeco Field; Patty Murray's partisan email to supporters; Amazon magoozling in California; and Seattle's burgeoning population of bikers.
