politics
Vermin, beatings & typhoid: Highlights of life in an early Seattle jail
Life on the chain gang was no picnic, but as one member put it, he'd rather be on the chain gang than in the city jail.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Environment
Brace yourself for climate refugees, Part 2
How should we deal with an onslaught of newbie Northwesterners? A radical option for keeping things sane.
Environment
Climate refugees are coming to the Pacific Northwest
Global warming promises to send us a flood of environmental asylum seekers. Do we put out the welcome mat, or pull up the gangplanks?
Mossback
Kennewick Man: Pre-history's Amanda Knox?
A new book shares what exactly scientists have learned during their decade-long study of K-Man's prehistoric bones. The findings will be controversial. Everything about K-Man is.
Tech
Memo to Steve Ballmer: Lakeside School is not the Clippers
The former Microsoft CEO's nascent hoop dreams have raised embarrassing questions for the Seattle prep school about integrity and race.