Opinion
City Hall decapitates its own head tax, leaving a mess
A majority of the Seattle City Council and Mayor Jenny Durkan are proposing a full-scale retreat on the recently passed
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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Culture
In Seattle, Anthony Bourdain was in his element
I felt gut-punched when I got a text from my son this morning saying that Anthony Bourdain was dead. Last
Opinion
The Nordic impact on Seattle culture: good, bad and hygge
Here’s a recent story that seems to address a shift in Seattle culture. Earlier this year, a resident of
politics
What divides Washingtonians? It's complicated
When it comes to political divides in Washington State, the fault lines are real. Most notably in what we think
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