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ALL MEMBERS »We posted a Crosscut Clicker item today about a woman accused of stealing $1.6 million from her Tacoma employer; she was indicted on the same day a former Microsoft manager was charged with stealing over $1 million from Microsoft and Expedia.com.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThere's no doubt that Oprah Winfrey gave Barack Obama's campaign a boost this past weekend in Iowa. I've seen different numbers about how many people turned out for one rally (10,000 versus 29,000), but the most important statistic may be the 20,000 people who gave their names to the Obama campaign to get tickets. That list helps Obama in two ways: as a list to call and urge support on caucus night; and as a list that may include people who were not planning to caucus and who may do so now.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWI'll be interviewing Tom Brokaw on stage at Town Hall this evening, talking about his new book, Boom: Voices of the Sixties. We'll also talk about media with the former anchor of NBC Nightly News. Brokaw, who has a large ranch in Montana, is also something of a Northwest resident now. I'll hope to see you at the event. Admission is $5 at the door, and it starts at 7:30 pm. The address is 8th and Seneca, on Seattle's First Hill. It will be jammed, so better get there close to 7 pm. Come up and say hello afterward. If you've got some good questions for Brokaw, send them to me at my email, david.brewster@crosscut.com. I'll pose the best ones to him tonight.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWPortland, where we compete with our neighbors to see who has the largest number of recycling bins at the curb each week, is also home to the National Burial Company, an eco-friendly company that sells paper caskets, biodegradable shrouds, urns, and other "natural burial products."
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWQuick update about something we're keeping an eye on. Using the state's premier trauma center as his stage, Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler on Wednesday, Dec. 12, will unveil a new report detailing costs taxpayers absorb to care for the uninsured and underinsured. With officials from Harborview Medical Center by his side, the commish will lay out a county-by-county breakdown showing a growing economic burden. The new report will add momentum, he hopes, to a universal health-care proposal Kreidler is drafting for the upcoming legislative session. Earlier this fall, Crosscut outlined the framework his plan to take care of more than 600,000 people who are without health insurance.
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The race for president in a nutshell: Everybody's mad as hell.
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They might be dwarfed by architecture, but nothing we've built has transcended time the way big trees have. The "Klootchy Creek Giant" lived long and large. It took a record-setting windstorm to bring it down.
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