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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.
Trump-Biden Debate

The Worst Choice in American History? Sounds About Right

If Trump lied more egregiously than Biden, and he did, Biden piled up his share of political fibs.
Politics

Why I Am Unimpressed by Trump’s Felony Conviction

What should we think about these transactions between consenting adults? Paying a person not to talk is not, in itself, unlawful. I can think of some names for Daniels’ opportunism. But nobody cares what she did.
blog

High Interest Rates? A Little Historical Perspective, Please!

To an older person, today’s “high” rates are what’s normal.
Politics

Out of Options: Libertarians in the Age of Trump

The Libertarians’ slogan, painted in big letters on the wall behind Trump, was “Become Ungovernable.” And they were.
Transportation

Electric Plug-in Vehicle Sales Flourish in Democratic States. Here’s Why

The strong-EV states are all voting Democrat; the weak-EV states all favor Republicans.
Environment

Juicing Washington’s EV Sales: The State Tries Giving Money Away

In the new state program EV customers will not have to verify adjusted gross income. To say their income qualifies — “attest” is the state’s word — will be good enough. No clawback when caught lying, by the way.
Travel

Spain Reconsidered: The Pact of Forgetting

I asked the guide why the tour showed nothing of Franco. “We don’t like to think about him,” she said. Indeed, after Franco died, and the dictatorship ended, the parties of the left and the right made a deal called the Pacto del Olvido, the Pact of Forgetting.
Cities

Adding up the Math for Seattle Social Housing

It’s a fetching idea, but people who know public housing say the arithmetic doesn’t work. The profits from renting to the middle class would be too small to support the poor, unless you have lots and lots of middle-class people and only a handful of poor.
Politics

Chris Vance’s New Book: Battle Cry for Republican Revolt

Right now,” he says, “there’s only one litmus test: Are you loyal to the Orange Jesus?”
Business

Reality Check: No National Recession, But Seattle Economy is Ringing Alarms

So – are we in a recession? Officially, no, at least not yet. But for several industries, especially tech, the office market, much of retail, and now aerospace, it feels very much like a coming-down.
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