Jean Godden

Jean Godden wrote columns first for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and late for the Seattle Times. In 2002, she quit to run for City Council where she served for 12 years. Since then she published a book of city stories titled “Citizen Jean.” She is now co-host of The Bridge aired on community station KMGP at 101.1 FM. You can email tips and comments to Jean at jgodden@blarg.net.

The Gray Lady Grandly Opts Out of Op-Eds

It still seems a shame to dump a lively sounding term like op-ed, substituting (drum roll, please) "Guest Essays."

A Seattle Community Newspaper Empire calls it Quits

April sees the death throes of half a dozen community newspapers -- Ballard News-Tribune, Highline Times, West Seattle Herald, Des Moines News, SeaTac News and White Center News -- final print editions of the Robinson Newspapers chain

How #MeToo Morphed into #BalanceTonPorc

Part of the backlash against #MeToo comes from virtue exhaustion. Democrats are sick of holding party members to standards that Republicans feel no necessity to meet.

To Have a Democracy, You Have to Let People Vote

State laws are being proposed under the guise of curbing voter fraud. Yet reliable studies have shown there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Voter fraud essentially is an illusion, an excuse to clamp down on ballot access and make voting more difficult, especially for minority voters and for young and low-income voters.

Women Who Have Shaped Our Region: Let Me Add to the List

The Legacy Washington list of notable women is a most impressive group but the list is far too short. There are dozens who should have also been included, so I’d like to nominate a few.

How to Hand-Publish a Book: A Women’s Writers’ Group Bonds

"Writing While Masked," is well-timed, arriving during Women's History Month. The bad news is that it may be difficult to locate a copy, even though more are being printed.

Tough and Caring: New Book on “Kamala’s Way”

Politicians who make it in San Francisco, know how to win. It's no coincidence that some of the nation's toughest current and former players, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Gov. Gavin Newson, former Sen. Barbara Boxer and Kamala Harris, all have San Francisco roots.

Northwest Congressfolk Team Up to Keep Federal Archives in Seattle

It was a rare display of bipartisan cooperation uniting all but one of the region's congressional representatives. If successful, a reversal would prevent a sale of the building and land and keep precious historical records nearby.

Women in Government: Progress, but Still a Struggle

welve of President Biden's 28 cabinet and senior adviser picks are women; seven of them minorities, and gender equity doesn't stop there.

New Bio: Eleanor Roosevelt, the “People’s Proxy”

Family ties initially brought Eleanor to Seattle. Anna, her only daughter, and her husband John Boettiger lived and worked here after he was appointed Seattle Post-Intelligencer publisher in the mid 1930s. Anna served as the paper's Women's Page editor.

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