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.

Nine Reasons Joe Biden Is Down

Steeped in D.C. Democratic politics, Biden seems more intent on serving various interest-group causes, if only in speeches and kitchen-sink legislation that can't make it to his desk.

Through a COVID Glass Darkly: Predictions for the Coming Year

Things are a-changing in the City...

Jayapal & DelBene: Exit Hare, Hello Tortoise…

A Conservative columnist gloats: "It turns out that Jayapal’s master plan, which endeared her to progressives at the time, was a disaster of epic proportions for the Democrats."

Galvanized: When Seattle’s Civic Institutions Made Us Better

Civic organizations once grew in clusters as Seattle aspired to be a modern, pace-setting city. Can that happen again?

Remembering Author Charles Morris, a Master Revisionist

Reviewing a later book, the journalist Michael Kinsley (a Morris-like sensibility), noted Morris's neoconservative aspects "but with generosity and good will." There are always lots of "saints and sinners" in his histories.

EastHUB: A New Initiative for Arts and an Eastside Theatre

EastHUB's initiatives might be a way for Bellevue to advance beyond the elusive dream of a major concert hall and build in a more dispersed, diverse community scenario.

Sawant Recall: Why She Survived and What’s Next

It's not surprising that the Seattle electorate wants to have it both ways. Throw out the radicals in the November election, but rally behind a Socialist in December.

Seattle’s Next Big Thing? College!

One key to a city's resilience is an ability to recognize when a past paradigm is fading and another needs to take shape.

NBC Pollster John Lapinski: Democrats in Peril

The response rate for pollsters is way low, about 1 percent. Take the margin of error of a poll and multiply by two, meaning most polled races are really tossups.

Seattle to get a New Website, Axios Local. Plus an Idaho Find

By third quarter of next year, a Seattle site will join the Axios Local network, according to Adweek, which reports that there will be 11 new local Axios sites in 2022.

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