A candid look at the efforts to preserve Puget Sound and surrounding lands discovers inconvenient truths. Population growth is not going where planned. Studies replace courageous action on Puget Sound. And land use loopholes invite blockbuster developments in rural areas.
Budget time in hard times poses some stark choices, both in Congress and in Olympia. How are we doing?
Scarcely any state, even those with worse economies, is punishing higher education funding more than the Washington Legislature is about to do. So long, first tier!
Slashing the budget at U.W. has all kinds of hidden benefits, especially for a professor who wants to have more free time.
Will former City Councilmember Peter Steinbrueck finally decide to make the 2009 mayor's race a real election? We'll know in two weeks.
