Politics
Left alone in Seattle? Dream on
Ballard holdout Edith Macefield wasn't a hero. She was a victim of modern Seattle and its values.
Latest in
Politics
Sponsorship
Politics
The Rossi contributor behind that traffic survey
It's an election year and my political antennae are up. So when I saw this story in The Seattle Times [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008001922_webseattletraffic17m.html], my first thought was: This is a gift to Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi.
Culture
Fired up and ready to go — home
The state Democratic convention in Spokane was both inspiring and stultifying. Among the delegates who bothered to show up, there was passion, tedium, booze, sunshine, and a desire for change.
Culture
Polimedia (late) lunch links, 'Belch if you love democracy' edition
The Right blogosphere is all over the GOP's call to investigate Gov. Christine Gregoire's gambling compact [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/367300_gregoire17.html] with a Washington state native tribe, here [http://palousitics.blogspot.com/2008/06/powwowola.html] and here [http://soundpolitics.c
Politics
The Democrats sing 'Kumbaya'
It was a lovefest over the weekend in Spokane for Democratic party leaders and activists. In a show of party unity, Democrats reportedly passed the state party's platform in all of 10 minutes [http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/politics/2008/06/14/platform_adopted_that_was_really_fast], following it wi