Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Wed, Jul 1, 6 a.m.
SeaPort flies small planes from Boeing Field to Portland, saving lots of time and security hassles. But a recession hasn't been the best time to get off the runway with a new approach.
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Posted Fri, Jun 26, 6 a.m.
Jim McDermott's Congressional earmark for historic renovations is hardly an outrage compared with the way taxpayers are asked to help the rich everyday. Particularly in the Northwest, we take federal largesse for granted.
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Posted Sun, Jun 14, 12:29 p.m.
Standards for lying have declined deplorably. We need to professionalize it, and there's no better place to start than at our major universities.
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Posted Mon, Jun 8, 6 a.m.
Judging by its latest ad campaign, Starbucks is losing touch with its customers, just as G.M. did. So here's a suggestion to turn the coffee giant around.
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Posted Tue, May 5, 6 a.m.
A Seattle leadership mission studies how two smart citistates in the United Arab Emirates are setting the pace in urban development
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Posted Fri, May 1, 2:35 p.m.
Turning Seattle's waterfront into a bourgeoisie theme park is the worst thing you can do for a port city's economy
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Posted Wed, Apr 29, 9:50 a.m.
Stories of WaMu, Boeing, and Microsoft reflect the character of the people at the top
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Posted Mon, Apr 20, 6 a.m.
Two Northwest buildings, both commercial properties, win top environmental awards, marking a trend to for-profit projects
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Posted Sun, Mar 29, 10:14 a.m.
Torture by telephone, in the form of the cheerful Voice Mail Operator. Orwell might have invented this system.
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Posted Thu, Mar 26, 6 a.m.
Eyes turn to new Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as U.S. expo boosters look for someone to prevent China's "humiliation" over America's possible no-show at Shanghai's Expo 2010.
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Posted Tue, Mar 24, 6 a.m.
What the challenges of building a safe plane show us about vaccines
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Posted Tue, Mar 17, 7:13 a.m.
We're losing a live thing, a vibrant mix of good people, wisdom, wrongheaded coverage, pioneers and some hardworking suits.
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Posted Mon, Mar 16, 5:55 p.m.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's print edition dies, and while it's a shock to Seattle's sense of specialness, a new study shows that most people don't really care whether their local daily lives or dies. The real buzz is about what's next.
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Posted Tue, Mar 10, 6 a.m.
The folks who brought you Buy Local have a more ambitious future in mind for the Northwest. Think national model for sustainable communities.
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Posted Wed, Feb 25, 2:46 p.m.
Former governor Gary Locke is surely qualified for Commerce Secretary, but his appointment is evidence that Obama's devotion to innovation doesn't extend to his cabinet.
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Posted Fri, Feb 20, 6 a.m.
Internecine squabbles over hydroelectric power in the Northwest might lead to a new Power Act, possibly opening up the Columbia River system so that other states benefit, such as California. Part 2
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Posted Thu, Feb 19, 6 a.m.
The new money will speed up building lines to the new green energy economy. Or will it just touch off more power struggles? The Northwest has a rich history of these epic battles over public power. Part 1
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Posted Mon, Feb 16, 6 a.m.
A repeat of last February's primer on Bushonomics, when the apparent solution to our economic problems was to create more of whatever caused them. Bears repeating today, alas.
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Posted Wed, Feb 4, 6 a.m.
Credit unions are looking smarter as banks struggle, though harder times lie ahead
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Posted Mon, Feb 2, 10:45 a.m.
Hearst has been working on an e-paper project for the past year. Plastic Logic, a firm working on such a product, says Hearst won't be a partner.
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A few ominous dispatches from the front lines of an escalating war
MOREPosted Wed, Jun 3, 9:40 p.m.
The bidding war over Frank Russell Investments is a classic illustration of greed overcoming regional planning.
MOREPosted Wed, Apr 22, 4:09 p.m.
He comes from Puget Sound Energy and the Washington Roundtable, and has been a well-known director of communications for several large companies.
MOREPosted Tue, Mar 31, noon
His dramatic intervention in the auto industry has enormous implications for the presidency, and his presidency
MOREPosted Wed, Mar 25, 6:56 a.m.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation picks a local developer to run its major new sustainability project.
MOREPosted Mon, Mar 23, 5:07 a.m.
Hint: Government-as-regulator isn't government-as-buyer.
MOREPosted Thu, Mar 19, 6 a.m.
A public-records request finally gets answered
MOREPosted Tue, Mar 3, 6 a.m.
Cass Sunstein explains how online journalism hinders progress
MOREPosted Thu, Feb 26, 11:02 a.m.
An analysis suggests that if you bought your Microsoft 10 year ago, you're not happy today despite the company's impressive record of profits.
MOREPosted Thu, Feb 26, 10:52 p.m.
Light-rail construction is a mixed bag for Capitol Hill retailers
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