I was scanning the pages of the May issue of Seattle Business Monthly, a sister publication of Seattle magazine, where I write a column and serve as editor-at-large. I had time to kill in a waiting...
Despite gloomy forecasts, the superrich continue to spend. Earlier this month I wrote about the change in Seattle's culture of consumption--but conspicuous spending is nothing new in New York. However...
The former governor's death-with-dignity initiative has been described as the last ego trip of a control freak. But it's really a selfless act that helps restore a basic right.
There's a clerk at the local grocery who has a bar code tattooed on his wrist, which I took as a sly commentary from a guy who spends much of his day sliding food items over a scanner to a mind...
This is "Sunshine Week," a nationwide effort to focus on open government — or the lack of it. The perfect emblem for the issue was posted by Seattle Times political reporter David Postman: a heavily...
Some Northwest lawmakers have pushed the Bush administration to allow visitors to carry loaded guns in our national parks. It gives backpacking a whole new meaning.
Since 2004, we've been hearing complaints from Republicans about the way elections are run in Washington. Now they're at it again with accusations of votes not properly counted and alleged misconduct...
