Culture Mossback updates: Poet Roethke, surveillance, and more obesity John Aylward plays Northwest poet Theodore Roethke. (Chris Bennion) by Knute Berger / August 23, 2007
Politics Growth is not a force of nature The SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, seen from the Columbia Tower. (Wikipedia) by Knute Berger / August 5, 2007
Culture Seattle is happy to make you fat A Cinnabon roll. (Wikipedia) by Knute Berger / August 2, 2007
Politics The microchipping of Washington An RFID chip embedded in the page of a passport. (IndyMedia.org) by Knute Berger / July 26, 2007
Culture Bruce Chapman is right James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA. (National Institutes of Health) by Knute Berger / November 4, 2007
Culture Wheat-country blues in Washington's least-populous county The Garfield County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Wash. (USDA) by Knute Berger / October 31, 2007
Politics Nominee for dumbest ballot item I hate gratuitous political mission statements, like the kind Greg Nickels attaches to public works signs. With the election nigh, I attended a dinner of political junkies and in going through the... by Knute Berger / October 29, 2007
Politics The scientific dark age of George Bush Ed Lazowska, who holds the Bill and Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. (UW) by Knute Berger / October 7, 2007
Opinion From Civil Rights to COVID-19: ‘Without truth, you don’t have justice’ Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell has deepened the public memory of the Civil Rights Era. His reporting offers important lessons for today. by Knute Berger / May 25, 2020
Opinion The legacy of racism built into Northwest highways and roads From the Oregon Trail to the Lake Washington Bridge, transportation infrastructure has often driven growth while promoting exclusion. by Knute Berger / April 27, 2021