politics
The last time a guy from Washington ran for president
A Republican president who many thought was a crook was up for re-election. Washington state hadn’t supported him during
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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Opinion
Washington's urban and rural communities need one another
In the wake of last November’s midterm elections, the Washington state political map is more divided than ever. Democratic
Culture
How Seattle's first alt-weekly once gave voice to a changing city
Reflections on The Seattle Weekly by its founder, David Brewster.
Opinion
Don't cry for Seattle Weekly. It's not dead
The news late last week that big changes were afoot for Seattle Weekly was greeted by former staffers like a
Opinion
Can we define political centrism before it becomes meaningless?
True to the expression that the “center cannot hold,” the political center definitely is not staying in one place early