Stories for Oct. 11, 2012

Vice presidential candidates talk to a virtual draw

Thu, Oct 11, 9:12 p.m.

Both stress parties' positions. And, if anything, an even weaker performance by the moderator than in the first presidential debate.

The McKenna-Inslee Debate: Crosscut pundits face off

Thu, Oct 11, 8:50 p.m.

By Knute Berger and John Carlson

Crosscut contributors John Carlson and Knute Berger may have watched the debate from two different locations, but kept up a running real-time back-and-forth commentary Thursday night's gubernatorial debate.

USC Education Dean: How Seattle brought me up

Thu, Oct 11, 3:24 p.m.

By Karen Symms Gallagher

Guest Opinion: Growing up fatherless in Greenlake, Karen Symms Gallagher, Dean of USC's Rossier School of Education, had to learn to lean on her neighbors. Now that's informing her work in education.

For Kennewick Man, a return from the dead

Thu, Oct 11, 6 a.m.

By John Stang

Nearly 16 years and numerous lawsuits after the discovery of his 9,200 year-old skeleton, scientists can finally tell us a bit more about Kennewick Man.