West Seattle - Opinion

I was wracking my brain this week trying to find a lighter topic to write about. Maybe something that wasn’t so statistics or technical jargon heavy. I’ll leave that for next week. Yet despite my adamant denial of being a die-hard cynic, I was…MORE

As someone being allowed their weekly soapbox in a public forum, I can’t help but address the issue of personal bias. For those of you who haven’t noticed yet, I’m young, impassioned and not always so great at pulling my written punches. I…MORE

By Mayor Mike McGinn Many cities are struggling in the aftermath of the recession to keep the jobs they still have and attract new ones. We're still recovering from the job losses suffered during the recession from 2007 to 2009. Seattle lost 35,…MORE

A Road by Any Other Name

If I could rule the Viaduct I’d pick up from the zoo Panda Bears and Bengal Tigers And a Spotted Owl or two

Then plant thousand year old redwoods On her roads where they could roam Bury Indian bones and…MORE

By Mayor Mike McGinn

We are living in a time of deep inequality. Statistics show the United States is experiencing the worst income inequality since 1928. The top 1% control 34% of the nation’s wealth. And it hits unevenly. Communities of…MORE

By Jennifer Hall

I was walking my dogs up from the pea patches into Solstice Park at 6 PM. There were around 15-20 young people there, laughing raucously, squealing. Young men were yelling at the young girls to, "Come hither, ladies!"…MORE

By Mayor Mike McGinn

Children are part of our shared destiny, and we’ll have a better destiny if we help our children succeed. That means improving education in Seattle has to be a top priority for all of us. The first step is to make sure…MORE

By Tom Fucoloro, Editor of Seattle Bicycle Blog

What started as a couple deaths after a long stretch with very few has turned into a devastating couple weeks on our city’s streets. After the third death on Seattle streets since July, one…MORE

By Charles Ganong (Publisher's Note: I asked son-in-law Charley Ganong to give me a list of what he likes about White Center. Charley was captain of the Evergreen High football team and a graduate of Harvard. He has not addressed the prolific…MORE

We think public officials have created a sense of false urgency about replacing the Alaska Way Viaduct.

Over the last couple of years we have watched and studied the debate and now believe further consideration must be given to this…MORE