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The strange case of Washington's newest newspaper publisher

Posted 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

Posted 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.

Crosscut needs your help in its year-end drive

Posted 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.

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

Posted 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

Posted 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.

Bill Moyers: Americans are caught in a dire position

Posted 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."

Once more in Britain, the fall of a media mogul

Posted Tue, Jul 19, 2 a.m.

By Tom Luce

The Murdoch story has turned into a major exhibition of national outrage at the press, the politicians, and the police. Here's a report from London by a Crosscut writer with deep experience in the British government.

Rupert Murdoch has tainted journalism here, too

Posted Sun, Jul 10, 3:36 p.m.

By Floyd McKay

The tabloid king has used properties like the "Wall Street Journal" in the U.S. and the "Sunday Times" in London to give himself a veneer of respectability and real political power.

Former Seattle writer apparently held by Syria

Posted Mon, May 2, 1:03 p.m.

By Joe Copeland

Former P-I editorial writer D. Parvaz hasn't been heard from since arriving at the airport in Damascus on Friday (April 29).

Membership Drive: Join us in creating a new model of local journalism

Posted Fri, Apr 22, 2 a.m.

By David Brewster

Crosscut is able to transcend commercial constraints, thanks to public support from generous annual Members. We need your help. And you might win the grand prize of a new iPad 2, or today's prize of 4 tickets to Seattle Arts and Lectures.

Two great men who shaped our state

Posted Sun, Apr 3, 2 a.m.

By Christopher Hedrick

The deaths of newsman Mike Layton and labor leader Norm Schut inspire personal reflections on mentors and growing up in Olympia.

Slavery? Here?

Posted Mon, Jan 17, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

As the Civil War reaches its 150th anniversary, it's time to reflect on the impact of that era on the Pacific Northwest, and how political battles over slavery, secession, and states' rights were fought not just back East, but in the Rain Belt too.

A personal remembrance of John M. McClelland, Jr.

Posted Tue, Nov 9, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

A local newspaperman, patron, and publisher who loved history and risk-taking, and who helped reshape the identity of metro Seattle.

Columnist on vacation: Thanks, Danny

Posted Fri, Aug 20, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

"Seattle Times" columnist Danny Westneat is right about the benefits of time off, but happy furloughs might give our bosses the wrong idea. They should pay a premium for our vacations. Time and a half sounds right.

Vancouver: a case study in downtown revival

Posted Mon, Jul 5, 2 a.m.

By Jean Godden

This time it's that other Vancouver, the one to the south, touting successful urban development. And in this case turning around a crime-ridden park.

Pioneer Square to 'Real Change': Move along

Posted Thu, May 27, 2 a.m.

By Joe Copeland

Welcome to the neighborhood? Not quite. The only welcoming party is one the paper threw for itself.

Pioneer Square: Embrace 'Real Change'

Posted Mon, May 24, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

An effort to ban the newspaper's office from the historic district is wrong-headed, and self-defeating.

In memory of a regular critic of the 'liberal' P-I

Posted Tue, May 4, 2 a.m.

By Glenn Drosendahl

The caller would regularly check in with the newspaper to complain about liberal bias. He was cheerful and witty, and never let on about his distinguished scientific career.

Credible information sources: One man's guide

Posted Wed, Mar 3, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

Struggling print and online media often skip the substance. That leaves information consumers struggling to assemble our own sources of reliable reporting and analysis.

That was the week that sucked

Posted Fri, Jan 22, 1:22 p.m.

By Knute Berger

Seven days that liberals should never forget, much less repeat.

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Foreclosure notices stay with print papers

Posted Tue, Jan 31, 7:40 p.m.

by Floyd McKay

State newspaper publishers effectively rallied against a bill in the state Legislature that would have favored a new publisher with roots in the foreclosure industry.

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

Posted Tue, Dec 20, 11 a.m. 2011

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.

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

Posted Fri, Dec 16, 11 a.m. 2011

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?

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

Posted Mon, Dec 12, 11 a.m. 2011

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.

Big news on climate, except in the papers

Posted Mon, Dec 12, 2 a.m. 2011

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"?