Bruce Ramsey

Bruce Ramsey was a business reporter and columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the 1980s and 1990s and from 2000 to his retirement in 2013 was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle Times. He is the author of The Panic of 1893: The Untold Story of Washington State’s first Depression, and is at work on a history of Seattle in the 1930s. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Anne.

Almost 100 Years ago a Young Seattle Woman Ventured to the Soviet Arctic, Got Stuck in the Ice and Became a Media Star

In 17 bylined stories for the New York Times, Marion Swenson tells of her life in the twilight and darkness of Arctic winter.

Cabin in the Woods: A Coming of Age Tale

Recalling the author's youth “in the woods building tree forts,” he imagined building a cabin. In 2013, in his late 20s, he decided to act. He borrowed cash from his mom and bought a cabin listed on Craigslist for $7,500. 

In Defense of Tulsi Gabbard

Whether Tulsi Gabbard has all the abilities needed to be director of national intelligence I don’t know. She does have the sharpness and independence of mind to question “talking points” — our adversaries’ and, especially, our own.

Washington Post Abstains from Presidential Endorsement — as it Should

Let’s not go overboard here. The Post is not endorsing Trump. (That would be a journalistic H-bomb.) The Post is declaring that it will not be endorsing any candidate, now or in the future.

Case Study: Why a Downtown Low-Income Apartment Building is Failing

Owners claim ordinances passed by the left-wing majority on the city council from 2018 to 2021 have “functionally commandeered” their property for use by too many people who don’t pay rent.

Who’s Funding Elections: It’s All About the Money?

The voice calling to “get the money out of politics” is quiet now, but we will hear it again. That voice originates from the candidates themselves, particularly the ones who are struggling.

Why Trump’s Tariffs Would Be Bad for Washington State

A blanket 20 percent tax on imports — raw materials, semi-finished items, finished parts, the lot — would be a shock to Boeing and many other companies. It would strain international relationships, and those other countries might retaliate by raising their tariffs.

Proposed: Time to End the Ukraine War

“The Russians started it,” we say — even if the NATO expansion under Clinton, Bush and Obama was why Putin started it. Still, he did start it. I agree that he’s a bad guy, but the need now is not to express our feelings about bad guys, but to end a war.

More Question-Dodging from Trump and Harris

Both of them dodged crucial questions by changing the subject. Both made gross exaggerations. Both made unfounded predictions of what would happen if the other won.

America’s Tiniest Apartments: Seattle’s Developers Are Building Them

Seattle’s apartments are smaller than San Francisco’s — even smaller than Manhattan’s.

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