Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Posted Wed, Jan 7, 6 a.m.
The new year will be challenging for historic preservation in Seattle, but there are great opportunities and new initiatives ahead, too. Here's a breakdown of six front-burner issues for 2009. First of 2 parts
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Posted Tue, Jan 6, 6 a.m.
You can't go many news cycles without hearing about some kind of monorail mess-up, but there's good news too.
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Posted Tue, Jan 6, 6 a.m.
Why the odds are long for an economic and social turnaround
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Posted Fri, Jan 2, 6 a.m.
The Northwest's progressive tradition is "shovel-ready" for some national programs.
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Posted Wed, Dec 31, 9 a.m.
Is this the year the Republicans went down for the count?
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Posted Fri, Dec 26, 6 a.m.
Conservatives in the region pay too much heed to national conservative themes and not enough to the deep values of the Northwest. These values do not necessitate liberal politics.
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Posted Wed, Dec 24, 6 a.m.
An international movement to change the ethic of growing cities seems right for the Northwest. But we'd have to check the boom-town impulses embedded both in our growth economy and our frontier DNA.
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Posted Fri, Dec 19, 6 a.m.
Some think the time is ripe to revive a New Deal program that put writers to work for the public good. Others say that's what bloggers are already doing.
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Posted Wed, Dec 17, 6 a.m.
Dramatically lit at night, the Science Center is an icon in the Seattle skyline. A national group is sounding alarms about potential alterations of the campus, though the arches seem sacrosanct.
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Posted Tue, Dec 16, 6 a.m.
Memories of a time abroad, when a new President was coming into office in a very troubled time.
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Posted Fri, Dec 12, 6 a.m.
Another task Obama inherits is trying to bail out America's botched effort to have a pavilion at Shanghai's Expo 2010, the largest world's fair in history. There are reasons to hope that "yes, he can."
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Posted Fri, Dec 12, 6 a.m.
The pressure for real estate and the short-term perspective of fancy Wall Street financial instruments have changed the old line companies utterly.
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Posted Tue, Dec 9, 6 a.m.
In the twilight days of Dubya's presidency, the new parlor game is wondering who was the worse president: Bush or Nixon?
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Posted Thu, Dec 4, 6 a.m.
With Obama's new New Deal gaining momentum, let's remain skeptical of big projects that are touted as economic saviors. States like ours may be desperate, but a boondoggle is still a boondoggle.
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Posted Wed, Dec 3, 1:19 p.m.
An effort to change the name in Chelan County has run into resistance, and the episode raises the quite complex issues of updating names to modern sensibilities.
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Posted Mon, Dec 1, 6 a.m.
Just a lecture a day for a month, and you'll get the drift.
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Posted Wed, Nov 26, 7 a.m.
Washington's death row inmates and corporate fat cats are employing strategies that could come in handy for seagoing brigands.
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Posted Tue, Nov 11, midnight
More often than not, ham-handed politics have led to the conflicts in which our soldiers have sacrificed.
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Posted Sun, Nov 9, 7:11 p.m.
American is colorblind, especially with regard to birthplace.
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Posted Fri, Nov 7, midnight
In the wake of the historic 2008 election, a conservative blogger asks: To what degree is President-elect Obama's victory a mandate for the changes he will attempt to make?
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Posted Mon, Jan 5, 6 a.m.
In 2009, two Northwest states are honored with an endangered species: postage stamps.
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2009 starts with a bang in terms of Nazi stories, which were a strong theme in 2008 too. In addition, we gained insights into the similar reading habits of Bush and Hitler.
MOREPosted Wed, Dec 24, 6 a.m. 2008
She typified an older generation of artists in Seattle, and had a try-everything sensibility we no longer properly value.
MOREPosted Tue, Dec 23, 6 a.m. 2008
Flag-wavers in Oregon share an unusual distinction with Moldova and Paraguay, but the state's largest newspaper wants to change all that. The result is an identity crisis.
MOREPosted Thu, Dec 18, 11 a.m. 2008
The state has only had three cabinet posts in its history, a distinct underperformance. But consider one forgotten success story involving former mayor Dorm Braman
MOREPosted Thu, Dec 18, noon 2008
The office has attracted scoundrels who shamelessly favored private resource interests. Also, it's become a chance for presidents to make a political statement.
MOREPosted Tue, Dec 16, 2 p.m. 2008
Uncovered film footage takes you to the 1909 world's fair.
MOREPosted Mon, Dec 15, 9:12 a.m. 2008
It's Electoral College day, in case you somehow missed it.
MOREPosted Tue, Dec 9, noon 2008
The University of Washington has to suspend 23 faculty searches, coping with the budget crisis. It recalls the sayings of Chairman Dick.
MOREPosted Fri, Nov 28, 2 p.m. 2008
Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders made a spectacle of himself, shouting "Tyrant!" But he also had a point.
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