David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
Stanford University has announced, in keeping up with the Harvards, that parents earning less than $100,000 will no longer pay tuition. Families earning below $60,000 don't have to pay for room and board. (Total for a year at Stanford, including meals and lodging, is now $47,200.) Pretty sweet deal
You used to rate cities' cost of living by the Cheeseburger Index, the price of an average cheeseburger. And Seattle used to score well, though we doubt it does these days. So now comes the Guinness Index, thoughtfully compiled by The Wall Street Journal [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB11956
Each fall there is a compelling ritual at Seattle City Hall, known as the City Council budget hearing. About 100 folks line up on each of two nights, carefully signing in hours before, to have their two minutes of fame (five if you bring a large group), imploring the council members to add a few mor
Vivian Phillips, an experienced and respected arts manager and former director of communications for Mayor Paul Schell, is stepping into the top spot at the troubled Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center [http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/centers/langston.htm], effective next Thursday. Phillips's
All the factors that made such a strong case for rail in 1968 are much weaker now. Jim Ellis, the architect of the dream, recalls how the crusade began and why Seattle seemed the perfect city for an extensive rail system.
