Nor should we be. An expert on the original high-tech nexus explains why all these technology clusters are unique and not able to be imitated. Instead, Seattle should build on its local strengths while remaining a key part of the global network of technology industries.
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.
I recently wrote about two new downtown highrises ("Genuflecting to the High Rises") [http://www.crosscut.com/architecture-design/11499/Genuflecting+to+the+high+rises/], and the article prompted this interesting email from a San Francisco reader, Charles M. Marsteller, who identifies himself as form
Back from a cold and snowy week in Minnesota, still hustling my new book [/politics-government/9414/], Seattle seems downright tropical. My first act on return was to turn down my thermostat; it seemed unseasonably warm here. Several weeks in other towns have given me a chance to observe other plac
The agency tasked with saving Puget Sound wants your input. Puget Sound Partnership [http://www.psp.wa.gov/] will hold public forums throughout the region to glean citizen opinion on what is wrong with the Sound [/tacoma/11352/], and how to fix it. Says David Dicks, executive director of the Partner
