Culture Visiting in Holland, a view of a crisis Amsterdam's main department store, where shopping seemed to be brisk despite the Euro crisis. by Matt A. Fikse / December 5, 2011
Culture Nanny state: Must Seattle mandate paid sick leave? The city would do better to promote the idea of paid sick leave for all workers. That would be a lot closer to real leadership. by Kent Kammerer / May 18, 2011
Culture Government by Tweet Do you 'Like' the Seattle City Council? by Kent Kammerer / April 28, 2011
Culture City policies on police: Can our elected leaders make the calls? Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess. by Kent Kammerer / March 24, 2011
Culture Hallelujah to our new green faith Are new forms of development the answer to all our resource problems? by Kent Kammerer / January 6, 2011
Culture Magnuson Park: where Seattle's vaunted public process proved a sham A man walking through Magnuson Park, amid a submarine-fin theme setting in the former Navy air base (2007). by Kent Kammerer / July 19, 2010
Culture A year without Recalling "Bandit" in a trip to Disneyland, as grief slowly begins to receed. by Matt A. Fikse / December 15, 2009
Culture Microsoft to XP Crowd: 'And we'll be honest, it could take you a couple of hours' Upgrading to Windows 7? Redmond's video guide, while helpful, seems almost like an Apple-produced parody. by Matt A. Fikse / October 14, 2009
Culture Braised words: 'Julie & Julia' inspires a retro writing experiment The popular movie about Julia Child inspires our writer — not to cook with lots of butter, but to write longhand, and then use a typewriter and carbon paper. Tasty lessons result. by Matt A. Fikse / September 24, 2009
Culture Guardians against farelessness A light rail train in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel by Matt A. Fikse / September 20, 2009