David Brewster

David Brewster, a founding member of Post Alley, has a long career in publishing, having founded Seattle Weekly, Sasquatch Books, and Crosscut.com. His civic ventures have been Town Hall Seattle and FolioSeattle.

Ear, Ear! for the New Town Hall

Town Hall Seattle on First Hill, after two years of full renovation, has opened again for some early programs. This past Tuesday, Joshua Roman played a solo cello recital,...

Seattle: A Socialist Stronghold?

I commend this article from The New Republic, which discusses the rise of Democratic Socialism in the nation, particularly the Democratic Socialists of America, and their successes in various...

Something fishy

The new UN report on global biological changes points to a neglected area: the rapid decline of our oceans. Normally, fingers point at climate change, pollution, and acidification. But...

Hard questions for the Boeing board

One of the things that has bothered people in Seattle is that not one of the members of the Boeing board of directors is from Seattle, another sign of...

Offshore drilling: a loser

Scott Montgomery of the UW Jackson School details what's wrong with Trump's desire to expand offshore drilling (political trouble in most states, blocked by courts, not much oil or...

Bennet: Biden his time

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet has jumped into the Democratic scrum for the presidency. I foresee the following scenario. Biden sustains his lead for a few months and makes the...

Is Inslee an Outslee?

Presidential candidate Jay Inslee harmed his case by bad-mouthing Beto O'Rourke's big bold carbon-reduction plan, when it might have been more gracious to welcome Beto-come-lately to the cause. Danny...

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