For some posters, anonymity provides permission to make irresponsible comments and over-the-top personal attacks. When those comments predominate, as they often do, the real losers are people trying to engage in serious dialogue.
MTV's "Amplified Seattle," screening tonight (May 26), is a series of five-minute documentaries spotlighting the Moondoggies, Thee Emergency and other Seattle favorites.
Dino Rossi's challenge of Patty Murray is great for Republicans, who now have a credible candidate to energize voters at the top of the ticket and a chance to become relevant in state politics again. It also means lots of independent ads, which we will say we hate even as the attacks influence the choices.
Some Seattle chefs win awards from the James Beard Foundation. Maybe the chain created by Seattle's Ivar Haglund deserves honors for its special way of serving the public in a city that has a tendency to take itself quite seriously.
A federal judge repeatedly warned the federal government that only big changes to proposals for hydro dams would guarantee approval. Instead, the Obama administration has presented a plan that looks very much like the Bush strategy.