DannyWestneat

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Columnist on vacation: Thanks, Danny

Posted Fri, Aug 20, 6:41 p.m.

Leisurely stroll? Hey hiking out to Shi Shi is no day at the beach. Brewster is my neighbor. It doesn't look like he's even giving himself Brewster Days anymore...

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Light rail does not a 'grown-up' city make

Posted Mon, Jul 20, 9:36 a.m.

Seattle is changing. Skip stays ever the same.

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Alone at the press table

Posted Thu, Jun 11, 11:06 a.m.

It has nothing to do with reporters being "too cynical, negative" or not wanting "to be seen as "boosters" for any cause, no matter how worthy?" What we're after are good stories. If we can find them, these would be stories hopefully about people and passion and triumph and tragedy ...

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Alone at the press table

Posted Wed, Jun 10, 4:52 p.m.

I've read this story twice and looked at the report and I can't for the life of me figure what we would have said about it in the newspaper. We don't cover foundation reports and city club events as breaking news and we haven't for the time I've been in ...

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All the news that ain't

Posted Thu, Nov 6, 9:54 a.m.

Well my old friend and mentor Ross is back with another piece about how journalism is dead now that he's out of it. I've been reading these exact stories now from retired journalists since the day I started as a reporter, in 1989. This one strikes me as particularly odd ...

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