Stories for March 28, 2011

A year after health care law, the right flirts with old 'termination' idea for tribes

Mon, Mar 28, 3:45 p.m.

President Obama is doing right by tribes on health care. But the old policy of termination, a disastrous failure, is edging into the discussion of budgets for Indian health care.

Seattle's Handel Festival: a rousing climax

Mon, Mar 28, 3:12 p.m.

By Thomas May

The closing weekend presented two quite different and quite early Handel works for the musical theater, providing rich insights into the Handel of 1718 and many lovely musical moments.

Play ball? Not yet? Well, read all about Seattle Rainiers baseball history

Mon, Mar 28, 2:45 p.m.

By Mike Henderson

The book is out on the beloved minor league franchise. It's a good baseball fix while we wait for the Mariners and Tacoma Rainiers's seasons to start.

Cascadia Center can make Seattle a green-building leader

Mon, Mar 28, noon

By Daniel S. Friedman and Doris W. Koo

The Cascadia Center for Sustainable Design and Construction will cement Seattle's position among the leaders of the green building movement. When completed it will help make the case for net-zero energy development in the cloudy Pacific Northwest.

How does your Valley grow?

Mon, Mar 28, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

There are challenges to creating the 'next' Silicon Valley, but also to keeping the current one vital. In the Bay Area, one ray of hope is offered by a former Naval Air Station (think Magnuson Park on steroids), and a proposed Expo could bring all the pieces together.

Hope springs eternal. Or does it?

Mon, Mar 28, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

With crises ongoing in Libya, Japan, and the halls of government here at home, it's hard for the rational mind to embrace the perennial season of hope.