Posted Mon, Aug 24, 2:45 p.m.

It doesn't surprise me that people wonder what has happened when they compare the two candidates who made the cut to the one which didn't. I never actually believed this "bully" charge. The mayor, at a disappointing, even demoralizing moment in his career, acted with class and clarity and espressed ...

Posted Thu, Jul 2, 2:37 p.m.

Having a schizophrenic person react this way is common and is in the nature of their illness. While you are taking a useful look at your own motives and tendencies, it is still laudable that you have decided to share a little of your time in a very human way, ...

Posted Sun, Jun 14, 2:35 p.m.

This is a moving story--I will try to see the film when it is shown on Wednesday. I recognize the mental illness symptoms of the father as much as I can also feel the emotional confict the daughter has in avoiding him. As the writer above said: being around someone ...

Posted Tue, Jun 9, 1:19 p.m.

I agree, I have done the same and found many of the same "freedoms" (i.e., watching online or on DVD later). But I am a little more militant about it because free TV and radio was a wonderful invention, now we have to pay for TV whether we want to ...

Posted Mon, May 4, 6:39 p.m.

Being an effective executive in government is quite a bit different than helping to run a corporation, so being "impatient" might sound like a wonderful value which will help to effect "smart solutions" and push through the political morass, but I am guessing it might lead to frustration, anger, and ...

Posted Sat, Apr 25, 3:44 p.m.

Nice story--we all like to think that our government is responsive to what people actually want. At least on a local level, this might be true. Not to be pushy, but if you would write a column about the progress the city is making on any stimulus it might be ...

Posted Tue, Apr 21, 2:15 p.m.

Nice essay. The right wing seems to immediately accept any argument from anyone dubbed as one of their own, i.e. George W. Bush, who not only was governing as a real fascist in accord with the traditional definition, as one who was joining business and government interests as one, but ...

Posted Sat, Apr 18, 1:58 p.m.

PS To Cliffmass: I am happy to read this!

Posted Wed, Apr 15, 9:41 a.m.

I haven't read Mr. Mass's book, but I am guessing it doesn't address global warming much. When it comes to weather, isn't it odd to not discuss such an important influence?

Posted Mon, Apr 13, 11:02 a.m.

Nice write-up. Sorry the Sounders lost this one, but I am filled with optimism about them. Adversity sometimes makes a team much stronger, even so, they barely lost this game. My prediction is we are going to see a lot more exciting soccer.

Posted Mon, Apr 13, 10:46 a.m.

Donations and grant money alone--can this work? I am guessing they also need subscriptions and advertising as a source of revenue, perhaps even funds from a government tax, similar to what the BBC is supported by. In addition, perhaps they should even host political forums, both for candidates and for ...

Posted Fri, Apr 10, 11:28 a.m.

Lisa is correct, this is appalling. Why are we sending more people to jail instead of working on programs to help them? Mr. Nichols, I understand, ran his campaign on liberal values, but these are not liberal programs at all. As the writer pointed out, officials in other areas of ...

Posted Wed, Apr 8, 4:12 p.m.

Is arresting people the only solution? It seems to me we as a nation already have the highest rate of incarceration in the world. Have you ever considered the harm of this kind of stigmatization? What about the creepy way that your personal data is being harvested and gathered from ...

Posted Wed, Apr 8, 4:03 p.m.

Sounds like a well done adaptation, thanks for the write-up.

Posted Tue, Mar 31, 2:44 p.m.

Is the Hearst corporation planning on removing the globe? At least from what is written in the article, this point is assumed, but not stated. The museum hadn't made arrangments to take on the globe either. So essentially, this is an action being initiated by serveral councilpeople who previously had ...

Posted Mon, Mar 30, 3:25 p.m.

If there was ever a time to be bold, it seems like now is that time. Leaders sometimes have to take a step in front of the rest of us in order give a sense of hope during a dark time. To me, the focus on either raising or not ...

Posted Wed, Mar 25, 9:47 a.m.

I am happy to hear that Dunn will work for win-win solutions when it comes to urban development. There has been a bias for too long that the only option is to completely replace older buildings with modern structures, which can strip neighborhoods of their character for many years. We ...

Posted Wed, Mar 25, 9:28 a.m.

Wow--excellent write up for what was obviously a great game. It would be nice to see soccer take hold again in this town: I still remember Pepe Fernandez and Mike Best and the others from years ago. Finally some good news!

Posted Tue, Mar 17, 2:20 p.m.

Thanks for the perspective, lol

Posted Tue, Mar 17, 12:31 p.m.

I am guessing one of the reasons you see a fair amount of indifference to the PI's print edition stoppage is because the public senses that the journalists are no longer on their side. We just lived through a fairly intense period of fascism and the reporters did very little ...