Culture Miracle: A mainstream newspaper sheds the pretense of detachment A recent installment of "A Prayer for Gloria" and <i>Seattle Times</i> columnist Jerry Brewer (inset). by William Echols / July 12, 2007
Culture For some, Seattle is evergreen; others say the Emerald City has lost its shine Update: Jonathan Raban's recent essay on Crosscut has sparked a big debate: What was Seattle, what has it become, and how did that happen? by William Echols / July 11, 2007
Politics The Mic Dinsmore flap reveals deep differences at the Port of Seattle The Port of Seattle. by David Brewster / July 10, 2007
Ichiro is staying in Seattle, media are reporting The Zen of Ichiro. (Wikipedia) by Chuck Taylor / July 10, 2007
Politics In search of passenger-only ferry service that pencils out The passenger steamer <i>Daily</i>, launched in 1912, served on the Seattle-Tacoma route. by William Echols / July 4, 2007
Parsing Mike Hargrove What the columnists are saying about the departure of the Mariners manager, including an upside for those interested in seeing Ichiro stay in Seattle. by Chuck Taylor / July 2, 2007
Politics Smackdown over Seattle police: turning point or just a summer storm? The uproar over police accountability has provided a peek behind the blue curtain and inside the Mayor Greg Nickels administration. But has it enough momentum to prompt serious reform? by David Brewster / June 28, 2007
Politics The U.S. Supreme Court rejects race as a factor in school assignments The ruling on student assignments in the Seattle Public Schools was big news nationally. by Chuck Taylor / June 28, 2007
Politics The case for rail transit is hard to make politically, but here it is A light-rail train is towed through the downtown Seattle tunnel. (Sound Transit) by David Brewster / June 21, 2007
Concert halls are breaking out of the shoe box, but not here A rendering (top) of the planned concert hall in Hamburg, Germany, showing "vineyard" terracing, and Seattle's "shoe-box" Benaroya Hall. by David Brewster / June 11, 2007