Posted Wed, Feb 27, 11:52 a.m.

PCO elections: The judicial message is clear: A political party isn't a public entity. When we get down the road on caucuses and primaries, I always come down to other parts of the political organization, specifically how these organizations are put together on a day to day basis. If political ...

Posted Fri, Jan 18, 9:02 p.m.

RE: Just the latest example: Keister sold out in the manner that he turned making fun of Renton into a bit about liking Renton now. He can never go back to the point he was at when he was making Almost Live!, its like he burned that bridge. I know ...

Posted Wed, Nov 21, 11:35 a.m.

sport of the internet: WOW reference=zoink! I was looking for a blog post that referred to soccer as the "sport of the internet," but I couldn't come up with it. The central thoughts were: 1. Of all sports in America, soccer has an internet following because it isn't on t.v. ...

Posted Wed, Nov 21, 9:18 a.m.

RE: What More Can Be Said: Actually it was 2-1 in regular time and the attendance was 39,000. I think you're thinking of the 2006 MLS Cup, which was played in Pizza Hut Park in Frisco TX. PHP has a capacity of 21,913, making the 2006 MLS Cup above capacity. ...

Posted Wed, Nov 21, 8 a.m.

RE: lag time: I was sad to see you guys especially write this kind of piece about soccer. Art Thiel sure, but for Pete's sake, soccer is the sport of the internet. You guys should strike first and be the first establishment place in Seattle to bring in a soccer ...

Posted Wed, Nov 21, 6:56 a.m.

lag time: I think what we're experiencing here is the lag time between something actually getting popular and some folks realizing its popular. We've been used to the top four sports in America being football, baseball, basketball and hockey that when it changes, its hard to accept. The Gold Cup ...

Posted Mon, Oct 29, 1:14 p.m.

RE: lysian football fields (and basketball courts): It makes sense that you left the renovation of Hec Ed out of your list. That project was just as extensive as the project that forced the Sonics down to Tacoma for a bit, but there was no request for public funding, so ...

Posted Mon, Oct 29, 7:06 a.m.

private donations, not state funding: Actually the debate about Husky stadium won't at all be "similar to what one might have hoped had begun and ended with the rancorous Sonics-venue debate" Unlike the Sonics' request that included $300 million of public money, the Huskies fund raising efforts (ironically for a ...

Posted Sat, Sep 8, 1:45 p.m.

RE: What about the good old boys?: Its too easy to attack the high level of civic engagement of the past like this. It wasn't just privileged white males that participated at a higher level in past decades. Probably the lack of third places and the decrease in civic engagement ...