Posted Fri, Oct 22, 8:42 a.m.

Great article. Thanks for sharing those numbers. I was just talking with a friend who thought the trend was still skewing conservative among young people, and it's interesting to see that it is not.

Posted Mon, Oct 4, 9:15 a.m.

Godspeed, David!

Posted Wed, Mar 10, 4:11 p.m.

Hasn't anyone else in Seattle seen about as much of Chihuly's glass art as one needs to in a lifetime? Do we really need more, with significant collections already on view all over town, from here to Tacoma and beyond?

Posted Wed, Mar 10, 3:51 p.m.

As others have already commented, this is a great article, just the kind of thing one can depend upon from Crosscut. Lightfoot has articulated what is for college writing instructors in fact a very old debate, one represented by the two extremes expressed by Calkins followers and her foes—emotive, expressive, ...

Posted Thu, Dec 17, 10:42 a.m.

Love this piece, Hugo. You made me want to eat there.

Posted Mon, Dec 14, 11:53 a.m.

Thanks, Anthony, for this article. I haven't thought about Reinhold Niebuhr since undergrad, but you shed light on why Obama's speech had special resonance for me.

Posted Mon, Jul 6, 10:03 a.m.

It's great to see this piece from Reuven Carlyle in Crosscut. While I'm in agreement with Deb Eddy on the weakness of his education argument, I find much to admire in the fresh perspective articulated here. I'm glad I voted for Carlyle, and I hope he and the other freshmen ...

Posted Sat, Feb 7, 4:16 p.m.

Lest bigyaz beat me to it, that line above should read "Orino gave you a better...." not "Orino's gave you a better...."

Posted Sat, Feb 7, 4:10 p.m.

It's wonderful to get so many comments. Thanks, all, for taking the time. mhays: The fact that "Seattle seems moderate in how much we care what others think" would seem to trump whatever gaze we cast toward Vancouver, San Fran, and Portland. Orino's gave you a better comeback than can ...

Posted Mon, Dec 22, 11:08 p.m.

I can't help but wonder if Sean and Trip would post those same comments under their real, full names.

Posted Mon, Dec 22, 2:54 p.m.

Sean, I agree with you about the youths in their leg warmers today; I just don't see the look working on my 30-something professional self. As for the other comments here? No comment!

Posted Tue, Dec 9, 10:58 a.m.

mcfox, I'm curious to know whether you found the tone of this past presidential election more or less divisive than the last. I found it less so, at least on Obama's side, but perhaps I'm giving his campaign too much credit? CW seems to say he ran it albeit flawlessly. ...

Posted Tue, Dec 9, 10:55 a.m.

Ben, thanks so much for your comments. It's comforting to know there are others of like mind out there. Keep the faith.

Posted Mon, Nov 3, 9:06 a.m.

Jennifer, You're welcome. It was a privilege to write it.

Posted Fri, Oct 31, 6:16 p.m.

Bryan M., Thanks for your thoughtful comments, both here and off-line. More of your stripe on both sides of the political spectrum, and we might be able to turn this country around.

Posted Fri, Oct 24, 3:58 p.m.

Carla, that is brilliant! Likewise, I can attest to the accuracy of your astute list. Thanks for taking the time.

Posted Wed, Oct 22, 2:38 p.m.

Thanks, Robert! I agree with you about the traffic differences and the hope that Seattle doesn't slide into aggressive driver hedonism. I was so relieved to move here and find that people don't fly down I-5 weaving in and out of lanes while watching the TV monitor in their visor, ...

Posted Thu, Oct 16, 1:58 p.m.

Yes, the food at the Aqua Verde Cafe is a great way to end the excursion. It's one of the few instances here in Seattle in which you're not expected to break the bank in the name of sustainability.

Posted Tue, Sep 9, 5:05 p.m.

Can we get back to Knute's point?: This discussion seems to be de-volving into vitriolic defense of Palin in general rather than focusing on Knute's astute points about Palin as a general. (Really, people, defense of the Alaskan border, are we serious? As a military brat, maybe I have more ...

Posted Tue, Sep 2, 10:13 a.m.

RE: John Kerry?: I'll concede that Bush had three years' experience as commander-in-chief, but that fact had little bearing on his behavior in the town hall debates — and in the Oval Office.

Posted Thu, Aug 28, 2:46 p.m.

RE: Still Surprised: As Edward R. Murrow once said, "Being human, we will probably make mistakes, and the only thing that can be said about that in advance is that we shall do our utmost to be the first to correct them." In this case, we failed in being first, ...

Posted Fri, Aug 22, 8:26 p.m.

RE: Boys Rule: You raise a valid point about the diversity of our pundit pool, but these are predictions, not endorsements.

Posted Wed, Aug 20, 8:25 a.m.

What a loss: I visited The Newsstand for the first time recently, and it had the best selection of magazines I've seen anywhere.

Posted Tue, Aug 19, 8:50 a.m.

RE: Not famed prostitutes, famed businesswomen: Point taken, Greg. I shouldn't have lumped all the women you mentioned under the title "prostitutes." Thank you for enlightening me on the nuances of "women in our history who provided female sexual interaction." That phrase really cracks me up! It trumps any pc ...

Posted Sat, Aug 16, 12:17 p.m.

RE: the meaning of slut: Hi Spike, You're right, the link I used (Wikipedia) says it meant "untidy woman" as early as 1402. By the time John Gay wrote The Beggar's Opera (Restoration period, early 1700s), it's pretty clear the word is being applied to prostitutes (to great effect, I ...

Posted Sat, Aug 16, 11:53 a.m.

Chinese ladies for marriage: I don't know if anyone else noticed this before we turned it off, but yesterday for a time, the Google ad accompany this article was for a Web site advertising with the headline "Chinese Ladies for Marriage." The words "slut" and "bitch" must have triggered it. ...

Posted Thu, Aug 14, 8:29 a.m.

Experiencing a hood on foot: These walking tours sound like a great way to linger in a neighborhood long enough to notice the colorful umbrellas and people-watch, pleather included.

Posted Wed, Aug 13, 9:03 a.m.

RE: Bias? Who at Crosscut wrote the Headline "Rossi's Staff evict a Cameraman": More like a landlord evicting a tenant but having his custodian actually haul the tenant's furniture out to the curb when he or she refuses to leave. The only bias here was a grammatical one. "A cameraman ...

Posted Tue, Aug 12, 8:32 p.m.

RE: Bias? Who at Crosscut wrote the Headline "Rossi's Staff evict a Cameraman": Hi Cameron. I wrote the headline, based on this line from that same Times story: "The incident Thursday was the roughest implementation yet of Rossi's long-standing policy not to allow Democratic Party workers to record his appearances." ...

Posted Tue, Aug 12, 8:28 p.m.

RE: Albert Speer & Albert Speer, Jr.: And here's a mention on Crosscut.

Posted Wed, Aug 6, 5:09 p.m.

RE: oll back: Those "massive pay increases" for state teachers — community college instructors, anyway — merely brought them up to a slightly more livable wage. I know several teachers who take on extra classes in addition to their full-time loads as a matter of course, just to make ends ...

Posted Fri, Jun 13, 12:23 p.m.

RE: Palpable referees: Thanks for flagging that error. It's corrected now to reflect Lynch's intended meaning.

Posted Fri, May 23, 9:20 a.m.

RE: St. Attle: Welcome to Seattle, fellow alum! I just remembered another one that you'll understand: Bellevue, Wash. vs. Belleville, Ill.

Posted Wed, May 21, 10:18 p.m.

RE: Smart Idea: "Making provisions for environmental protection in a military area is just damn smart." I couldn't agree more. There's an enlightened self-interest at work here. Nature preserves connected to DoD installations present striking juxtapositions that are poetic, ironic. To me this seems uniquely American, one site embodying both ...

Posted Fri, May 2, 9:42 a.m.

RE: everything old is new again: Thanks for noting that. Curious that none of those bikes all over Seattle in 2005 were recorded on the Web site. A reader just sent me word of another Web site that does list Seattle located here. He says, "...but the updating of the ...

Posted Thu, May 1, 10:07 a.m.

RE: Maritime Pacific in Ballard: I would have to agree with that one and am sorry I didn't mention it. They have fried pickles, for God's sakes. What pub is complete without fried pickles? And the winter rainy season here in Seattle would be far less tolerable without Jolly Roger.

Posted Mon, Apr 21, 7:47 p.m.

Great example, but...: This is an excellent example of the power of journalism, and you raise a good point about traditional journalism's might in navigating power structures today. However, I think the phrase about the Internet stepping up to fill the void starts to get into an either-or comparison that ...

Posted Tue, Apr 1, 3:33 p.m.

Comment from WSU staff member: A member of WSU staff who's been with the school for almost 30 years sent me an e-mail message today with this comment (she declined to give her name): "There is even more to your story. All WSU freshmen are required to live in dorms ...

Posted Thu, Mar 27, 8:53 a.m.

RE: Spell check!: Thanks. We've corrected the typo.