Utah, normally immune to slumps, is feeling the effects, and a survey story in The New York Times sheds some interesting light on the changing Mountain West.
In the past, the Rocky Mountain West's...
Flimsy allegations of hanky-panky aside, the probing into Sen. John McCain's background and associates is continuing, and it's starting to go to the heart of his claim for being above reproach. He...
An earlier blog item on America's top philanthropists noted that the usual Northwest big donors, notably Bill and Melinda Gates and Paul Allen, were missing this past year. Turns out Slate had missed...
Slate.com is out with its annual list of the top 60 American philanthropists, and there's a surprise for the mega-wealthy Northwest. Only one person from the region makes the list, Phil Knight, the...
The standard complaint from those who think Washington state spends too little on public services, (roads, transit, universities, schools, etc.) is to blame it on Tim Eyman and his initiatives...
The handwriting was on the wall for Starbucks last Valentine's Day, when Howard Schultz sent out his famous memo, lamenting changes at the company he presumably chaired. It was clear someone was going...
Seattle has always modeled itself on San Francisco, and now both cities are having doubts about the model. The California city picked itself up after the dot-com bust by pursuing condos, fine...
Only three U.S. cities are still resisting the tumbling real estate market: Charlotte, N.C., Portland, and Seattle. At least so far. This survey in the Los Angeles Times paints a picture of slow sales...
