Politics
Michelle Malkin’s journey from ideas to tribes
A former Seattle Times colleague wonders what happened to the libertarian provocateur who used to engage him at their adjoining office doors.
Ross Anderson
Ross Anderson is a former Seattle Times reporter who now lives in Port Townsend.
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Politics
The big shakedown: Going after a conspiracy
Following a breakthrough in the case against Seattle's system of cops on the take, the feds jump on the paddywagon. Part 2
Culture
The plague of the jocks
It's the greatest story ever told. Well, OK, it's not. But it's one you'll be reading a lot about in coming days. It begins like this: In the reign of Gregory the XL, there was no joy in the Land of Sasquatch ...
Culture
Northwest travel: Five courses up the Inside Passage
Many Seattleites have either never traveled the Inside Passage or seen only parts of it, remotely, from the deck of a cruise ship. A trip through on a ferry is well worth the time.
Environment
Finding footprints of the Northwest's own giant tsunami
Scientists digging in the mudflats near Port Townsend believe a huge tidal wave hit the area in January 1700. Their evidence matches up with Native American and Japanese accounts, and it indicates a pattern of tsunamis happening every 300 years. Are we due?