Politics
The Amazon groveling is turning into a sport
The deadline for Amazon’s HQ2 bidders has passed with a flurry of embarrassing promo efforts by North American cities
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
SKIP seattle mag column
Here’s a recent story that seems to address a shift in Seattle culture. Earlier this year, a resident of
Opinion
White Seattle needs a reality check on the city’s growth
Seattle has been a pressure-cooker of urban growth, and the boil has been building. Push-back against up-zoning in single-family and
Equity
When the ‘American Hitler’ came to Washington
Intolerance has been a major issue in recent years. It's nothing new in the Northwest, even if we
Opinion
The Northwest's uneasy relationship with fascism
Fascism is in the air these days. Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank called Trump “America’s modern Mussolini.” We have