Stories for May 2, 2007

Seattle's fired U.S. attorney says the Justice Department threatened to criticize him publicly

Wed, May 2, 8 p.m.

In a phone call made a month after he was let go, John McKay says, a top official's aide threatened public criticism by the attorney general himself if McKay didn't keep quiet about his firing.

The rhapsodic side of Bach's Preludes and Fugues

Wed, May 2, 4 p.m.

By Tom Luce

Pianist Craig Sheppard delivers yet another set of Bach masterpieces.

Don't be quick to compare the Cal bridge collapse with Seattle

Wed, May 2, 1 p.m.

By O. Casey Corr

Traffic was just fine after a fire caused a Bay Area freeway interchange to collapse. So does that prove we don't need a replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct?

Four critics weigh in on the new Seattle Art Museum

Wed, May 2, 6 a.m.

By David Brewster

Update: Two in the Los Angeles Times mention the forbidden topic – the adjoining, earlier SAM building designed by Robert Venturi – and two others, in The Seattle Times, foresee problems with solar screens to diffuse sunlight.