Posted Sat, Mar 31, 11:24 a.m.

Let me respond to the tease for this article that appeared when I put my cursor on the headline/link for this story: "The wildly popular Japanese baseball star can be elusive and uncooperative with media, but underneath the enigmatic exterior is a deeper man." Here's my rewrite of that sentence: ...

Posted Wed, Apr 20, 1:42 p.m.

I agree with some of the above comments, Knute, please make the effort to point out Seattle icons that you think are good / attractive / special / well, iconic. I would also challenge you to name icons in other cities for comparison. It's probably not fair to look east ...

Posted Thu, Mar 17, 11:02 a.m.

I was fortunate in being able to attend the preview screening of "I Am," and I agree with most of what's said in this article. Shadyac is really skilled at walking the fine line between schmaltz and polemic. If you listen carefully, at many points in the film the soundtrack ...

Posted Wed, Feb 16, 10:53 a.m.

I agree with jhuber, Knute--I don't see what your main point is in this rambling piece. The subhead says: "Seattle embraces a fake history and fake future to create the city and heritage we love, even if it never happened." Please give us an example of any place in America ...

Posted Tue, Feb 15, 3:17 p.m.

I just want to show support for Rhonwyn's comment. I live in north Fremont, five blocks south of the zoo. Whether I take the #358 or #5 to go to a play at the Center (which I did this past Tuesday, to see The Brothers Size), I have to schlep ...

Posted Wed, Dec 8, 2:36 p.m.

Another reason to support the WikiLeaks website: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/world/europe/09wikileaks-elmasri.html?hp I want to know about these things, and our government doesn't want me to know about them. Reason enough to support WikiLeaks. I am reading a John LeCarre novel this week, now I understand where he gets his plot ideas from--the real ...

Posted Sun, Dec 5, 8:50 a.m.

It is possible to locate and withhold details in a body of raw text that have obvious ramifications for individuals or national security, and yet still present a detailed picture of how international diplomacy operates. As far as I can tell, the most responsible news agencies went through the cables ...

Posted Tue, Oct 26, 12:05 p.m.

Thanks, Benjamin. I'll let you know if I find others. Kudos in advance to any writer willing to take this on as a project.

Posted Tue, Oct 26, 10:17 a.m.

Can anyone direct me to an article that offers an alternative to the current tax structure in Washington? It is very hard for me to imagine a fair tax system that does not include a state income tax. My pipe dream is that such a tax should be established by ...

Posted Tue, Oct 19, 3:10 p.m.

A couple of years ago I was watching PBS's Washington Week. It was a few days following the New Hampshire primary, and the first topic for discussion was how wrong the polls were (Clinton defeated Obama). One panelist described how she had already written most of her story for the ...

Posted Mon, Sep 20, 10:55 a.m.

Besides simply giving thanks that the Fraser sockeye run is so large this year, I want to share two other sources of information that Crosscut readers will be interested in. The first is a nicely reported piece on local sockeye runs by Lynda Mapes in the Seattle Times, published on ...

Posted Mon, Sep 13, 12:04 p.m.

What a strange, fragmented world we are living in, one which places so much value on the power to consume. I'm 57, and I recognize that my generation is one of the first truly spoiled post-war generations. Our lives have been so easy because somehow we had the great fortune ...

Posted Fri, Sep 3, 4:16 p.m.

Uh-oh, I'm way out of touch. I take back the "relatively small-payroll Minnesota Twins" comment, it looks like I gotta root for a Rangers versus Padres World Series if the smallest team salary is the determining factor. But a Cincinnati-Tampa Bay matchup looks good, too.

Posted Thu, Sep 2, 5:34 p.m.

I love the idea that even when the M's are putting a bad team on the field, there's a surprisingly large number of people sitting in the park. I thought it was particularly good to see that situation last year, when the M's put an exceptionally mediocre club on the ...

Posted Wed, Aug 25, 9:21 p.m.

I had a PAYD policy when I lived in New Orleans. The GPS system had the feature of measuring and reporting those few times when I could actually coax my four-cylinder sedan above 70 mph. I think it's a good idea to get people to slow down because it reduces ...

Posted Wed, Jun 23, 2:03 p.m.

Nope, I'm not that Lindy. Why harsh? I'm comparing someone who did solid reporting on a regular basis with someone who writes lightweight blog entries. My comment reflects what editors are feeding us these days: stories based on the sexiness of the blogger, not on journalistic standards. I can't say ...

Posted Wed, Jun 23, 11:02 a.m.

The main problem I see in this story is the use of the word "reporter" in the same sentence as the words "Monica Guzman". Please compare that to using the words "former P-I reporter" and "Shelby Scates" in the same sentence. There you have the decline of what was once ...

Posted Fri, Apr 30, 10:15 a.m.

This is another example of someone (meaning "journalist") going to another city, spending X number of days there (looks to me that you spent less than three), and then writing a piece that is supposed to reflect deep differences between the two locations. I've spent much of the last six ...

Posted Wed, Apr 7, 1:30 p.m.

Wilbur: I took Sound Transit from Westlake to SeaTac three weeks ago and it took a bit under 30 minutes, and I didn't put any exhaust into the atmosphere, and I didn't have to hassle with parking. I loved it. Everyone else: What continues to amaze me about the human ...