Orlando shootings were part of a dark American tradition
In the wake of the tragedy in Orlando, the topic of massacres is having (another) 15 minutes of fame. When
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
Exploring a Seattle father's postwar burdens
For Death Valley, it was a cool spring day — in the mid-90s. We stood on the valley floor, an ancient
Mossback
Preservationists throw in the towel on historic nuclear building
David sometimes beats Goliath, but usually Goliath wins. Outgunned and out financed, preservation advocates have given up on seeking a
Opinion
Remembering Woody Guthrie, warts and all
Woody Guthrie, the legendary wandering minstrel of folk, seems to be having a moment. A new book from Sasquatch documents
politics
Welcome to the new, not-so-nice Seattle
Media outlets, including Crosscut, reported this week on a series of text exchanges between Mayor Ed Murray and City Councilmember