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 Thu, Feb 4, 2 a.m.
The city says it is responding to the widespread misuse of parking placards, some of which get stolen. So, it wants to limit the time people can stay in handicapped parking spaces around medical centers and downtown. But what happens to those who need an all-day spot for, say, a lengthy medical treatment?
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Posted Fri, Jan 22, 1:22 p.m.
Seven days that liberals should never forget, much less repeat.
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Posted Fri, Jan 22, 2 a.m.
Dr. Gabor Maté offers advice based on his life treating street addicts in Vancouver. Seattle and pro-legalization advocates could take some lessons in policy and relating to individuals.
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Posted Tue, Jan 19, 8:04 p.m.
The president needs to correct course quickly, and the State of the Union address next week will be a crucial chance to stem a suddenly adverse tide.
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Posted Mon, Dec 28, 6 a.m.
An experienced user and administrator of the British health care system predicts that nothing like government-run health care is likely to come to the U.S., nor should it. If anything, our reform model might better imitate France's.
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Posted Sat, Dec 26, 6 a.m.
The author plays the Doubting and Believing games as she ponders an oddball kind of volunteering.
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Posted Wed, Dec 16, 2 a.m.
On the anniversary of her death, a sister reminds our writer of a special bond ... and also of the shortfalls of our mental health system.
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Posted Fri, Dec 4, 2 a.m.
What to do when the first vasectomy doesn't make a vas deferens? Why, have another surgery, of course.
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Posted Tue, Dec 1, 2 a.m.
A class-action lawsuit would force Washington to provide "evidence-based treatment" for children with mental illnesses. The goal is to head off big problems by letting families remain together.
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Posted Mon, Nov 30, 4 p.m.
In which our intrepid columnist makes it to the Seattle Marathon, nearly outruns two old ladies, keeps pace (for awhile) with a barefoot guy, and still has complaints about the race.
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Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.
A quick tour of his first year, his presidential style of management, and some of the tight corners he will have to escape.
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Posted Wed, Nov 18, 6 a.m.
An exhibit of corpses is back for a second tour of Seattle, where it has been a huge hit. What are we really experiencing when we wander the gallery of the dead?
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Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.
A former Seattle Times colleague wonders what happened to the libertarian provocateur who used to engage him at their adjoining office doors.
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Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.
As the Seattle Marathon approaches, a local runner fights age and ailments to get to his 17th long-distance race.
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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6:56 a.m.
Incumbent Congressional Democrats in marginal districts will now run scared, making passage of health-care reform more difficult.
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Posted Fri, Oct 23, 6 a.m.
At more than 140 miles spread among three events, the Ironman race is a huge feat to pull off all at once. But what if you could spread out the pain over a week?
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Posted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m.
Let's get down to some serious issues, rather than side shows about racism, public options, trade wars with China, Hutchison's past political leanings, and cynical appeals to quickie light rail lines.
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Posted Thu, Sep 17, 6 a.m.
The City during the Nickels years has put a lot of money into building up the sector, but job growth for biotech has fallen far short of the promises.
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Posted Mon, Sep 14, 5:28 p.m.
Many languages. Way too many carbs and sugars. Few takers for the gallon bags of mustard.
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Posted Sat, Sep 12, 6:08 p.m.
Defending our sacred right to the best possible automotive treatment, and fending off the menace of socialized care.
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Posted Thu, Jan 28, 2 p.m.
Harborview physician, just back from Port-au-Prince, tells of thousands of traumatized people wandering the streets.
MOREPosted Fri, Jan 22, 10 p.m.
Congressman predicts health care reform will pass within a month, and Democrats will survive the week that was.
MOREPosted Tue, Dec 22, 8:40 p.m. 2009
Bill Sellen lived (and died) on the streets of Seattle, never having bounced back after World War II. A nurse who helped him remembers him, and a poem he gave her.
MOREPosted Tue, Nov 24, 2 p.m. 2009
Despite a promise to discuss two big issues, the Washington congressman toured a plant in Yakima County Monday without taking questions or even making a statement.
MOREPosted Thu, Nov 12, 6 a.m. 2009
The death Wednesday of the former justice's husband, after suffering for 20 years with Alzheimer's, brings to mind for our columnist personal stories of family, health, and love.
MOREPosted Tue, Nov 3, 4 p.m. 2009
An argument to see Michael Jackson's movie, and to remember that there's not always next year.
MOREPosted Sun, Oct 18, 3:09 p.m. 2009
Health experts say that "moderate" drinking is practically no drinking at all, but that's not what they show on Mad Men. Nor would it sustain the Northwest economy.
MOREPosted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m. 2009
From Afghanistan to health care to ethics, lawmakers head toward Halloween with distractions aplenty.
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m. 2009
The conservative columnist declines to chide a conservative audience.
MOREPosted Thu, Sep 10, 7:46 a.m. 2009
The speech played well with the public, but it probably raised too many alarms among the factions in Congress.
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