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2/21/23: AN INDIE ‘CHAIN’ STORE
Feb 20th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

The simple beauty of ‘soul chains;’ social-housing initiative passes, now what?; federal judge says Starbucks can’t fire union organizers; should Alaska chinook-salmon fishing be banned to save the orcas?

2/2/23: IN THE ‘TIME’ ZONE
Feb 1st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Love expressed for Taco Time NW, while Beth’s Cafe reopens at last; Tammy Morales wants to stay on the City Council (unlike four colleagues); is Amazon trying to de-emphasize direct online sales?

1/31/23: SOMETHING TO ‘CROW’ ABOUT
Jan 30th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

CNN digs Scarecrow Video; two socialist bloggers don’t dig Sawant’s new project; Ron DeSantis names local right-winger to Fla. college’s board; a major Cascades glacier completely disappears.

1/26/23: CARING ABOUT THE CAREGIVERS
Jan 25th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

New play tells COVID responders’ tales in their own words; another County Councilmember won’t run again; city sues Hyundai/Kia for making their cars too steal-able; Boeing CEO would like to privatize the FAA.

1/25/23: FROM ‘EAST TEXAS’ TO THE FAR EAST
Jan 24th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Remembering cartoonist Michael Dougan; Xbox ‘sleep’ mode and absurd conspiracy theorists; Sawant attacks caste-based discrimination against some South Asians in Seattle; activist running for Sawant’s seat.

1/20/23: LEAVING HER WAY
Jan 19th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Kshama Sawant to depart from City Council to start a national leftist org; ‘wealth tax’ proposed again in Legislature; MS hosted a private Sting concert in Davos before announcing big layoffs; bankrupt Regal Cinemas chain closing its downtown Seattle 16-plex.

12/29/22: GAMES (YOUNG) PEOPLE PLAY
Dec 28th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Video games, fandom, etc. described as building identity and community; extreme-weather aftermath continues; WA greenhouse-gas emissions reach a 12-year high; new King County office to promote ‘the creative economy.’

12/2/22: RUN FOR HER LIFE
Dec 1st, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

‘Running While Black’ author’s new KCTS series; court again rejects SPD officers’ suit against Sawant; Amazon to keep selling antisemitic video; does the state really need an ‘organized retail theft task force’?

11/30/22: BUTLER DID IT
Nov 29th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

The late Octavia Butler’s sci-fi visions enthrall new generations; City Council passes budget (barely); King County sues DSHS over ‘leaving defendants with mental illness in jail;’ the tiny WA bank tied up in a crypto firm’s crash.

11/29/22: THINKING OUTSIDE THE OCTAGON
Nov 28th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

New book by a ‘poet and former cage fighter;’ city budget plan has three City Council dissenters; Willows Inn closes after sexual-harassment claims; ‘millions in unpaid tickets’ remain from West Seattle Bridge-related traffic violations.

10/31/22: SEASON’S CREEPINGS, PART 3
Oct 30th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Still more local Halloween hijinx; Dems pour big $ into Murray re-election drive; Inslee plans more pro-choice proposals for the next Legislature; federal agents spied on 2020 Portland protesters.

10/6/22: THEY’RE HERE, THEY’RE QUEER, THEY’RE JOYOUS
Oct 5th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Local artist depicts ‘self expression/identity;’ Sen. Murray goes where Tiffany Smiley fears to tread (Capitol Hill); what Amazon may want in the health-care biz; ‘Seattle Times’ shrinkage watch.

8/1/22: CARRYING THE TORCH
Jul 31st, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Seafair Torchlight Parade’s reassuring (if smaller) return; state AG Ferguson, Seattle Pacific U trade barbs; what Jon Talton gets wrong about Starbucks (and Seattle); Bill Russell RIP.

7/27/22: LOOKING AHEAD AND BACK
Jul 26th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Artist Romare Bearden’s conservative modernism; all the heat (and heat clichés) you can stand; City Council passes ‘abortion sanctuary’ bill; Beacon Hill to get a French language K-8 school.

6/7/22: FOR THE LOVE OF IVY
Jun 6th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

G. Willow Wilson reinvents an oft-reinvented comics character; have folks stopped worying about COVID?; HS student arrested for holding a ‘realistic’ BB gun; the drive to save an apt. building with a Bruce Lee connection.

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