More and more Seattleites identify themselves as "Locovores". At the most recent History Cafe, we were regaled by tales of urban agriculture past and present in the comfortable, living-room atmosphere of Capitol Hill's Roy St. Coffee. [...]
Archive for February 20th, 2011
Packers’s Star Speaks Out on Wisconsin’s Governor
Statement by Charles Woodson, Woodson is the corner back for the Greenbay Packers and a former All-Pro : Last week I was proud when many of my current and former teammates announced their support for the working families fighting for their rights in Wisconsin. Today I am honored to join with them.Th[...]
(Bad) history in the making in Wisconsin?
Georgetown doctoral candidate Stephanie Taylor’s commentary on Salon provides necessary historical perspective on the governor’s move: This would be the first time in nearly 80 years that the National Guard would be used to break a strike by Wisconsin workers, and the first time in over 40 years[...]
Jim McDermott Needs to Visit Seattle
Jim McDermott has written a piece in the New England Journal of Medicine giving his view of how to improve health care. Frankly, I was very disappointed. In these tough times, Seattle needs a congressman more in touch with the resources of his own district. The editorial seems to me to be written [...]
Seattle’s Unique Opportunity: The Waterfront
This is the city founded centuries ago by people from the Salish Sea. The longboats of our Samish and Duwamish predecessors were part of a network of native navigation reaching from Tacoma to Alaska. The white men came and replaced Chief Seattle’s home but the waterfront remained the cor[...]