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.
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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politics
Seattle's dizzying change? Get used to it
Our city's identity has always been an ephemeral one. Nothing has changed.
Elections
Another monorail proposal. Yes, seriously.
The monorail hath risen again on this fall's ballot. Why Seattle can't get past its elevated rail obsession.
politics
Seattle Metropolitan Parks District: A tense 'yes'
Both sides expect the initial count, somewhat narrowly favoring the new funding mechanism, will hold up.
politics
A water taxi named 'Dixy'?
In the naming contest for the county's new water taxis, a proposal in honor of the state's first female governor deserves a second look.