On a cloudy Sunday in early June, I spent the morning with poetry bookshop proprietors Christine Deavel and John Marshall. The results of our conversation were an article on the poetry bookselling biz for Crosscut [/arts/15379/] and a Q&A for Poets & Writers [http://www.pw.org/content/interview_poet
Gov. Chris Gregoire unleashes her latest "hit" campaign on GOP challenger Dino Rossi today [http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/davidpostman/2008/06/antirossi_ads_hit_the_air_today.html], primarily attacking Rossi's state Senate record. Now, of all outlets that would come to the defense of a Repub
It's too soon to tell if gun enthusiasts [http://soundpolitics.com/archives/010999.html] will henceforth consider June 26 "Possess a Pistol Day," but here's the immediate reactions to the Supreme Court ruling [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/washington/27scotuscnd.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin] rejecti
Lefty blogger David Goldstein at Horse's Ass has been battering the local media lately. Yesterday, he unleashed on Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Chris McGann [http://www.horsesass.org/?p=5068] for his coverage of Gov. Chris Gregoire's now infamous state gambling compact [http://seattlepi.nwsou
Here's how the story goes: A young monk in China spent months climbing mountains and crossing rivers to reach the monastery of a holy woman he had heard about. When he finally got there, two acolytes ushered him into a beautiful waiting room. There he sat for hours. Halfway into the next day he dema
