politics
Ask a pollster: Is Washington feeling optimistic?
When looking at trends in Washington state elections, no one has a better perspective than H. Stuart Elway. The longtime
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
WA’s death penalty can’t be justified until we fix the system
The death penalty in Washington has been overturned by the state Supreme Court as unconstitutional. The decision is sudden, but
Opinion
Seattle’s traditional behaviors that need some revisiting
I’ve been thinking about a few Seattle traditional behaviors, some of which need reinforcing, but others that I’ve
Culture
How capping I-5 could redeem Seattle’s past
If Chicago is the City of Big Shoulders, Seattle is the City of Big Visions. We’ve literally moved mountains
Culture
How past cougars tell us a story about modern attacks
Cougar attacks are very rare, fatal ones even more so, but we had one in Washington this year — the first