David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
Here's a new kind of misery index: the rate of foreclosures across the nation. The rate is figured as the number of foreclosed homes as a percentage of total homes in a county. Media attention has been on the worst states, such as California, Florida, and Colorado. The Northwest is clustered around
State universities have clumsy and stingy masters in state capitols. Is it time for divorce court? Here's the story of how some people advising the University of Washington looked at such a scheme.
Here's an interesting mind game. What if the Oklahoma City owners of the Sonics have been behaving honorably all along? News today of an email that envisioned a "sweet flip" of the team [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sonics/2004367238_sonisale23.html], keeping it in Seattle, makes such a the
Seattle's A Contemporary Theatre has just replaced its managing director, the veteran Seattle arts administrator Kevin Hughes, with his second-in-command, Carlo Scandiuzzi, whose title will be executive director. George Nunes is promoted to general manager.
The Supreme Court ruling yesterday, allowing Washington state to have a "top-two" election system, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004291576_primary19m.html] is being deplored by the state's political parties. Not surprising, since they lose some control over who gets to run for pa
