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Review: Faith and mental illness on Seattle's streets

Crosscut — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:33:01 PDT

Craig Rennebohm provides a refreshing look at compassion and caring for Seattle's outcasts in Souls in the Hands of a Tender God: Stories of the Search for Home and Healing on the Streets (Beacon Press, 2008 194 pages).

A-Rod as the new Katie Holmes

Crosscut — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:35:01 PDT

Seattleites like to believe there's something more important than money. Which is why when Alex Rodriguez left the Seattle Mariners for the Texas Rangers and a $252 million contract, people were pissed. A-Rod had said he wouldn't sign just for money, but in the end, that's what he did: departed for a dead-end team that paid him more than he was worth — and more than they could afford. You may remember what Seattle fans did when he returned to Safeco Field in 2001 to compete against his old mates: The fans spewed venom, booed, and dumped baskets of play-money from the upper decks. It was a rare show of resentment from live-and-let-live Seattle. Our egos were bruised and illusions shattered because A-Rod could be bought.

Sausage Links, "freedom to get drunk and blow stuff up" edition

Crosscut — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:23:01 PDT

Chris Mulick at the Tri-City Herald has today's top story, reporting this morning that Tim Eyman's Initiative 985 and the Service Employees International Union-backed Initiative 1029 would — if passed by voters in November — increase the state's budget deficit by an estimated $300 million.

Teach both sides of the flat Earth!

Crosscut — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:01 PDT

It's really quite simple: A lot of knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Sausage Links, sonic-bust edition

Crosscut — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:07:01 PDT

Let the mourning begin about the Seattle SuperGoneics. Everyone's in tears. That is, except the editorial board at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. They think the settlement was a good deal. Hmmm. Are you kidding me? Heck, even the basketball gods thundered their disapproval throughout the night. ...

Sausage Links, gun-ban edition

Crosscut — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:00:01 PDT

It's too soon to tell if gun enthusiasts will henceforth consider June 26 "Possess a Pistol Day," but here's the immediate reactions to the Supreme Court ruling rejecting the D.C. gun ban, from both sides of the aisle: Goldstein, Earling, Obama, McCain. ...

Zen and the art of gardening

Crosscut — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:01 PDT

Geri Larkin's latest book is like your neighbor's undisciplined garden, a little too rambunctious at times, but filled with moments that will appeal to both gardeners and those looking for a little enlightenment.

Sausage Links, media-bashing edition

Crosscut — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:01 PDT

Lefty blogger David Goldstein at Horse's Ass has been battering the local media lately. Yesterday, he unleashed on Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Chris McGann for his coverage of Gov. Chris Gregoire's now infamous state gambling compact. Today he asks Crosscut's Ted Van Dyk to apologize to Gregoire for his own coverage of Casino-gate. ...

Polimedia lunch links, binge-drinkers edition

Crosscut — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:38:01 PDT

From today's edition of The Seattle Times comes this report from The Los Angeles Times, in what could be the first many reports profiling John and Cindy McCain's ties to the nation's big-time beer brewers. ...

A Tadao Ando chapel may soon find a home in Bellevue

Crosscut — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:00:01 PDT

The building designed by the acclaimed Japanese architect would be donated by an Eastside arts patron, Barney Ebsworth. A site has been found, but it will take an economic recovery to fund it. Seattle tried but failed to land the prize.

Polimedia lunch links, slow news day edition

Crosscut — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:01 PDT

Lawmakers react to the GAO's decision to give Boeing a chance for the Air Force tanker deal, while liberal blogger David Goldstein remembers John McCain's support for the other guys. ...

One Seattle chaplain's story of homelessness

Crosscut — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:00:01 PDT

A chaplain whose pioneering work to end homelessness is recognized worldwide shares the story of encountering the limits of the city's mental health system.

The churching of an unchurched region

Crosscut — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:00:01 PDT

A University of Washington prof interviewed 450 members of liberal and evangelical Christian churches in the Pacific Northwest. His mission: to understand the "clash of cultures" between two sides of the same tradition.

Saying 'yes' to a day with Ciscoe Morris

Crosscut — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:00:01 PDT

A management consultant-turned Zen teacher plays sidekick to Seattle's inveterate plant-promoter and finds inspiration in a Venus flytrap.

Evolution of a think tank

Crosscut — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:01 PDT

A journalist comes of age with Bruce Chapman, watching him launch Seattle's Discovery Institute and the intelligent design movement.

Popping the question

Crosscut — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:36:01 PDT

It's the one question in my brief, unremarkable career as a pseudo-journalist that I've ached to ask, and the tempest over question screening at this afternoon's University of Washington convocation honoring His Holiness the Dalai Lama provides just the opening.

Getting the spiritual scoop

Crosscut — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:00:01 PDT

Coverage of the Dalai Lama's visit suggests a way Seattle newspapers can get out of their funk: try boosting our spirit.

Kudos to journalists and Cantwell, caution to Lama lovers and trolley lines

Crosscut — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:00:01 PDT

Crosscut readers no doubt by now are ready to cry "uncle" regarding our absorption with The Seattle Times' financial problems and the perilous state of our city's daily newspapers.

Bring on Lama-Palooza

Crosscut — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:00:01 PDT

But please don't ask about independence for Tibet.

Here's a real dream ticket: Barack Obama and ...

Crosscut — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:00:01 PDT

Some say it's unfair that the U.S. Constitution stands in the way of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger running for president. Only the accident of his Austrian birth blocks his path.

Schwarzenegger's not the only one whose public service is stifled by the law of the land. A dream ticket awaits us, if we can just clear that Constitutional obstruction.