Culture Seattle voting: not like France A visitor remarks on our odd democratic ways. by Knute Berger / November 4, 2008
Culture Seattle's grand dame: the Fairmont Olympic Hotel Today's Fairmont Olympic Hotel. by Sue Frause / November 3, 2008
Culture Why the rich are rich and the poor are poor The headquarters of Lehman Brothers in New York on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. (<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/drnewton/'>tshein / Creative Commons</a>) by Steve Clifford / November 2, 2008
Culture A word of support for Tyrone Willingham He's a decent man who inherited more problems than he could turn around in his brief tenure, argues this UW alum. by Adam Vogt / October 31, 2008
Culture Can we please dispense with the clichés when the campaign is over? Joe the plumber, game-changer, maverick, in the tank — the list is seemingly endless. Whatever happened to a good old Swiftboat? by Clark Fredricksen / October 31, 2008
Culture Oat straw, to ease your election fears Harvesting of oats in Jølster, Norway ca. 1890. by Geri Larkin / October 29, 2008
Culture Evangelism meets Seattle: the view from Mars Hill A view of the <i>other</i> Mars Hill, the graduate school in Belltown. by Jonathan Hiskes / October 29, 2008
Culture New tax for KeyArena? A big maybe Washington State Convention & Trade Center. (Chuck Taylor) by David Brewster / October 29, 2008
Culture Sarah Palin, comic book heroine Striding the national stage by Bob Simmons / October 28, 2008