politics
The rise and dramatic fall of Seattle's mayor
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, as Seattleites learned this summer when a yellow haze engulfed the city. That
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
The Northwest is a sellout. Can it get its noir back?
Remember “Northwest noir”? If you’re old enough, you do; and if you’re not, you’ll become acquainted soon
Mossback
Bidder beware: You'll get hooked on Amazon
Amazon has just launched a new reality TV series. They are looking to build a new, second headquarters in a
Environment
The burning of the Columbia Gorge is a tragedy
Yellow skies and red suns: Seattle is literally inhaling the remnants of Northwest forests as fires ravage the region, from
Mossback
How the Vietnam War shaped a Seattle protest generation
The closest I ever got to Vietnam was a squat unremarkable building in Interbay on 15th Avenue West, just north