Opinion

When I drove into West Seattle, one of the billboards made me throw up a little, in the back of my throat. Maybe you've seen it? It's the one for Bodies, the Exhibition and it flaunts having "real human bodies."

Now, I didn't almost throw…MORE

Let's do something about Darfur

By Tyler Smith

Today, we are witnessing yet another genocide unfold. In Sudan, the Islamist government based in Khartoum has slaughtered nearly 400,000 black Africans in the country's western Darfur…MORE

We wonder what the world would be like if we awoke in 2007 and these events were taking place:

- Mayor "Cut'n'cover" Nickels suddenly has a major stroke of genius and decides that the tunnel was not the best or cheapest idea and began…MORE

Today, we are witnessing yet another genocide unfold. In Sudan, the Islamist government based in Khartoum has slaughtered nearly 400,000 black Africans in the country's western Darfur region. Over 2.5 million people have been driven from their…MORE

What could possibly be the connection between school desegregation and the mystifying phrase "Bong Hits 4 Jesus?" Something critically important, it turns out. Both have spurred legal battles that have risen to the U.S.

Today, we are witnessing yet another genocide unfold. In Sudan, the Islamist government based in Khartoum has slaughtered nearly 400,000 black Africans in the country's western Darfur region. Over 2.5 million people have been driven from their…MORE

OK, I was warned but I let bad weather and an earlier commitment get in the way and I missed the Ballard Community Service Awards session last week. I had no idea that this would be one of the events of the year.

There were a lot, like a…MORE

The governor may have stopped short of making a final decision on the Alaskan Way Viaduct situation, but she did give the voters of the city a chance to end once in for all the folly of a tunnel along the waterfront.

There is a reasonable expectation that a place that provides entertainment with alcoholic beverages should take reasonable precautious against rowdy or noisy customers. Certainly over-serving a customer is something that such establishments must…MORE

I have known Steve Cox for six or seven years and in that time came to regard him as a friend. I believe that he regarded me likewise.

This Community has lost a true asset, the kind that is not measured in monetary value but in human value…MORE