Posted Tue, Dec 13, 11:29 p.m.

A lot of people are missing the point and misrepresenting farmers markets in their rush to abhor government. If one state dollar can bring in 8.94 federal dollars to help feed the poor, why on earth would Washington not take advantage? The idea that farmers markets would fold without government ...

Posted Tue, Nov 1, 8:18 a.m.

Who's missing from this story? The native people who managed the herring population for thousands of years, that's who. This is important not because I am a bleeding heart liberal, but because there are sovereign nations who depend on healthy fish populations, and who never signed a treaty saying that ...

Posted Tue, Nov 1, 8:15 a.m.

Recently, archaeologists across the border in BC have been learning how crucial the herring have been not just to salmon, but to humans. For century upon century, native people harvested eggs and fish, yet genetically distinct populations existed in different locales. Data indicate that the "they moved somewhere else" explanation ...

Posted Wed, Sep 7, 9:36 a.m.

Disclosure: I am a political refugee who moved from Cantor's district. Two aspects of disasters are not addressed here. One is that "disasters" are a structural problem (not random, or even surprising) that will increase over time as more people live in earthquake and storm zones, as growing populations deplete ...

Posted Fri, Jun 10, 10:10 a.m.

Great idea, Rhonwyn, but don't count on it. It saddens me that Americans in general do not appreciate that teachers are professionals. It pisses me off to see TFA and other efforts to place ill-prepared individuals--whether fresh-faced young college grads or business executives--in classrooms and in public school administration. And ...

Posted Sat, Apr 16, 7:35 a.m.

These questions remain: What is the threshold that compromises historic integrity? Who decides that the tax credits are not longer available? Pioneer Square already has endured many modern intrusions and lost original characteristics, yet the tax incentives remain. My perception is that there is no absolute and clear line to ...

Posted Fri, Dec 17, 8:26 a.m.

"A bit of a slap at grassroots" hurts, but as much as the devastating cuts to health and education? These are tough times, made tougher by the majority's refusal to pay a few cents more for junk food or to tax the rich. I am a preservationist, but we must ...

Posted Mon, Dec 6, 10:57 p.m.

One reason to do urban archaeology is that the written record of a city (not just the histories, but the old maps and directories, municipal paper trails, and sundry ephemera) contain a history that is incomplete at best, and often misleading and biased as well. Trash does not lie as ...