Flip Side: Barack Obama's "Coalition of the Hip" is in ascendancy, but persistent bad eating habits ensure that Hillary Clinton's "Coalition of the Humorless" will thrive for years to come.
Taking advantage of a long weekend, I took the Crosscut Gulfstream V*** to Palm Springs, Calif., where page one in the Desert Sun [http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080216/NEWS01/802160319/1006/news01] is a water fight related to the the sinking Coachella Valley. Here's the parag
A trip to Skagit Valley reminds us of what we've lost — and what we still have.
The opera whiffs on a Handel production, while the symphony struts its stuff in a John Adams' piece. The pair of performances raises an interesting question of how "regional" factors come into play.
A former NOAA officer, otherwise anonymous, has filed an interesting report about weather conditions in Admiralty Inlet [http://captrichardrodriguez.blogspot.com/2008/02/myopia-continues.html], where the Port Townsend-Whidbey Island ferry route runs (when it does). His verdict: the state's plans to
