David Brewster

Plan-averse Seattle's plan is not to plan but just to wait for the vaccines to bring back the boomtimes. Very risky. And there are some good ideas for building back better.

Wanting to play badminton one day in his Bainbridge back yard, but lacking a shuttlecock, Joel Pritchard substituted a whiffle ball and fashioned some small wooden rackets.

In Seattle, the Times is reducing its rented space from four floors to one, but that does not reflect any cuts in personnel so much as the new hybrid work model.

"The nonprofit sector must immediately lean away from the precedent of empowering white leaders to act on behalf of Black and Brown people. Period."

The crowded mayor's race means that a splinter candidate needs only to get 17-20 percent to make it through the primary. An open seat and a very open race.

Choose your own background music. Private bathroom very handy. Social distancing easily arranged.

Both Kean and Hamilton voiced some skepticism about finding enough fair-minded and trusted commissioners for the proposed 1/6 Commission, and one can also imagine the jockeying for various voices and equity issues in building the commission and even funding it.

The Democrats had two de-escalatory options, but Republicans wouldn't bite and Democrats retreated to an impeachment-or-nothing stance. Result: nothing.

The secret to Amazon's dominance, the author argues, is shrewd exploitation of sorta-legal loopholes. Loopholes can be closed.

The progressive lane for mayor and the vacant council seat is getting crowded, and the center-left lane has not recruited strong candidates.