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How we clicked quality journalism off our TV screens

Fri, May 25, 12:10 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

It took a long time, and a lot of help from dumb-it-down consultants, but a 1950s invention played a big role in removing the most serious journalism from local television.

As Romney takes command, Democrat boots it on working women

Fri, Apr 13, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Winners and Losers: A Democratic consulant's lame remark about Ann Romney was bad enough to make Joe Biden blush.

Both Mariners and Amazon have neighbor issues

Fri, Apr 6, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Winners and Losers: The Mariners object to having others playing in their neighborhood. Amazon tries to minimize giving to needy neighbors and paying taxes.

Three years after, what remains of the P-I?

Tue, Mar 27, 2 a.m.

By Hugo Kugiya

Now a website only, SeattlePI.com is surviving as "a quasi-national medium with a local bent" and a small (and shrinking) staff. Lately, some big names have departed without being replaced.

Washington’s Biggest [Expletive] Newspaper

Thu, Mar 22, 2 a.m.

By Barry Mitzman

Once proper to the point of prudery, Fairview Fanny quietly loosens up and lets some of it hang out.

The strange case of Washington's newest newspaper publisher

Tue, Jan 31, 2 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

What do foreclosure notices and publishing community newspapers have to do with each other? Quite a bit, particularly for a publisher of three Washington papers.

Dewey beats Stassen: Republicans hold a real debate

Tue, Dec 27, 2 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

When you consider the recent GOP debates, IT seems like a dream. Two serious Republican candidates squared off over a vital issue of liberty and security. The whole world was listening, and Oregon determined the outcome of the national party race.

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Crosscut needs your help in its year-end drive

Wed, Dec 21, 12:05 p.m.

By David Brewster

With the tax year ending, please consider a tax-deductible donation to the cause of quality local journalism. We have a daily prize, to nudge you into helping this fine civic cause.

Midday Scan: Losing plastic bags? Fine. But losing David Horsey? Oh, no

Tue, Dec 20, 11 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

Seattle is changing. That's cool. But losing David Horsey to LA. Please, we still haven't recovered from Boeing's move to Chicago. McGinn, meanwhile, eases off the criticism of the feds' report on police.

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Midday Scan: Forceful report on police; pay as you go for initiatives?

Fri, Dec 16, 11 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

A shocking report finds routine use of excessive force by Seattle police. A bipartisan effort aims to rein in initiatives that spend money without providing tax sources. Ryan Blethen takes new role at "The Seattle Times," but where does he really belong among the corporate comrades on the viewing stand?

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Midday Scan: Inslee's inconvenient truth; Locke tells truth in China; school's junk food policy doubted

Mon, Dec 12, 11 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

The election is nearly a year away, but the Inslee campaign for governor already looks like a sure loser against Rob McKenna. Should Inslee quit Congress to try to pull it out? And, there is almost equal doubt about the effectiveness of the Seattle Public Schools' stance against junk food in high schools.

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Big news on climate, except in the papers

Mon, Dec 12, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Soaring emissions, especially in China; hopeful news from the Great Ice Age; dire forecasts from the IEA; extra-innings diplomacy at Durban. So whre's the coverage in our two "Times"?

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At Crosscut, a new emphasis on our communities coping with hard times

Tue, Oct 11, 2 a.m.

By Joe Copeland

Crosscut launches a new initiative, in the context of struggling local media companies, including two the author once worked for.

Crosscut: valuable now, invaluable to later historians

Thu, Sep 22, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Delving into history reminds what richness print media once brought to coverage of Seattle. But historians of the future will hear authentic voices of this era from the online world.

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Bill Moyers: Americans are caught in a dire position

Wed, Sep 14, 2 a.m.

By Robin Lindley

The veteran public broadcaster and author talks about Republicans, Obama, journalism, and the faltering prospects for Americans in a society ever more dominated by wealth: "Look, this is serious. America is practically self-destructing."