Culture Mossback updates: Poet Roethke, surveillance, and more obesity John Aylward plays Northwest poet Theodore Roethke. (Chris Bennion) by Knute Berger / August 23, 2007
The Las Vegas Sonics? While the team seeks to escape Seattle, two new arena projects are wooing an NBA franchise to Sin City. by Knute Berger / August 23, 2007
Politics Another foreign policy fiasco? The modern Pudong skyline of Shanghai at night. by Knute Berger / August 16, 2007
Culture Beware of the feds bearing gifts The 520 bridge-replacement project: a headline-grabbing example of infrastructure by Knute Berger / August 15, 2007
The "Taj Mahal" and the pink elephant The Pink Elephant Car Wash -- itself architecturally unremarkable, but a beloved landmark nonetheless -- is among the many Seattle icons that may fall to developers' plans. by Knute Berger / August 13, 2007
Politics Fighting "thuggery" in downtown Seattle The Pike Place Market by Knute Berger / August 10, 2007
Politics Growth is not a force of nature The SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, seen from the Columbia Tower. (Wikipedia) by Knute Berger / August 5, 2007
Culture Saving the Pike Place Market – again The Pike Place Market in 1912. (University of Washington) by Knute Berger / August 3, 2007
Culture Seattle is happy to make you fat A Cinnabon roll. (Wikipedia) by Knute Berger / August 2, 2007
Is urban development 'terrorism'? A protest sign in a Seattle neighborhood. (West Seattle Blog) by Knute Berger / July 31, 2007