Posted Mon, Apr 16, 12:41 p.m.

Knute, I appreciate your balanced reporting on the two candidates. I suppose most voters in our area will be voting for Obama and will therefore automatically vote for Inslee, issues-be-damned. - Steve

Posted Tue, May 10, 10:32 a.m.

Great article Knute. As an Illinois transplant myself, I am fascinated by the stories of others who fled that state to either settled here, or intended to do so, in years past. Your article reminded me of the scheme to settle European Jews to Uganda prior to Israel. (Technically, I ...

Posted Fri, Dec 10, 8:56 a.m.

I don't like the idea, but I would be OK with hanging ads along the walls of the deep bore tunnel. Considering that the walls would be somewhat indoors, and it is projected that only 40,000 vehicles per day will succomb to the underground orifice, not many would have to ...

Posted Wed, Nov 17, 5:26 p.m.

Sorry maxxch. Honestly, I thought you were being serious. I am pro-sarcasm and I vote. This one went over my head. :-)

Posted Wed, Nov 17, 2:32 p.m.

@maxxch- You say, " The project is planned and funded (for the most part) so there is nothing left to sell to the citizenry beside confidence." I think your "for the most part" comment is the weakest of your points. The tunnel is NOT paid for. If it were, there ...

Posted Wed, Nov 17, 9:08 a.m.

David, Under the graphic of the tunnel in this story, upper right, is the caption: "WSDOT The proposed waterfront tunnel" So I went to the WSDOT website and indeed they still refer to it as a "proposal." In my view they are being disingenuous with the public as I have ...

Posted Sun, Jul 18, 7:40 a.m.

@serial_catowner, You say "Wow, could you draw a more pathetic picture of a loser city than Seattle "patching up" the old viaduct by pouring a few million tons more of cement?" Is Boston a "winner-city" thanks to its Big Dig fiasco? And is NYC a "loser city" because community activists ...

Posted Thu, Jul 15, 10:31 a.m.

As a professional journalist who reports on the the Deep-Bore Tunnel I feel it is critical we acknowledge that "to build or not to build" is not a wrestling match between Mayor McGinn vs. everybody else. There are many knowledgeable, well-meaning organizations and citizens who believe the tunnel is an ...

Posted Wed, Apr 8, 10:17 a.m.

Looking at this dilemma through my prism as a former Chicagoan, I see parallels between Mr. Carmack and Mrs. O'Leary and her cow, who, according to Chicago lore, started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The difference is of course that Carmack is credited with constructing a great city, while ...

Posted Fri, Apr 3, 6:54 p.m.

From that photo, it looks like OUR first lady is twice the height of THEIR queen, so there!

Posted Fri, Apr 3, 12:37 p.m.

I would feel very sorry for single guys if cats vanished. The demographic reality (without generalizing) is that every single woman between 29-45 has two cats and every single guy has to feign interest in those cats to get anywhere with said woman. Imagine a cat-loving single woman who no ...

Posted Sun, Mar 29, 11:16 a.m.

I just found this: PBS Frontline: Poisoned Waters, an evening with Hedrick Smith April 14, 7:00pm at Town Hall - Seattle KCTS 9 and Puget Sound Partnership present an evening with Emmy Award-winning PBS producer Hedrick Smith as he shares highlights from his new documentary, which focuses on Puget Sound/Duwamish ...

Posted Sun, Mar 29, 11:03 a.m.

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/288735_theinsider16.html "Say WA"

Posted Fri, Mar 20, 11:03 a.m.

"For such a "progressive" city Seattle is engaging in a lot of hand-wringing over the demise of the Old Media dinosaurs. Nostalgia is fine. So shed a tear, reflect on what was, and move on." — Lady Be Good ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's just what they said about "The Radio" when televisions ...

Posted Fri, Mar 20, 11 a.m.

"Killing trees for newsprint and burning fossil fuel to distribute this newsprint is a legacy model not viable in the twenty-first century." — Lady Be Good -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The same could be said for the dining room table. -SS

Posted Mon, Mar 16, 12:37 a.m.

In response to Gregory Wade: With all due respect, I disagree with your comment. It is fallacious to equate the "relative material existence" of 1970 to that of today. Our material existence of today so surpasses that of 1970 it simply does not relate. For instance, while I admit our ...