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3/17/23: NOT THE ‘TWILIGHT’ OF NW FILM?
Mar 16th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

David Schmader’s big book of WA/OR movies & TV shows; state Supreme Court allows transit ‘fare enforcement’ to continue; Bellevue school board OKs closing two elementary schools; remote work’s still big in Seattle (for some workers, on some days).

3/1/23: MOVING MEMORIES
Feb 28th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Marking 22 years since the Nisqually quake (and 23 years since an infamous dot-com commercial); the sometimes-brutal toll of Amazon warehouse work; food banks prepare for a slash to federal SNAP benefits.

2/23/23: DON’T CUDDLE THE ART
Feb 22nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Textile and ‘soft art’ exhibits around town; more folks’ downtown revival ideas; Councilmember Dan Strauss will run for re-election; Steinbrueck Park’s totem poles (probably) aren’t going away forever.

2/8/23: WITH ‘FRIENDS’ LIKE THIS…
Feb 8th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Seattle crime stats beyond the scary headlines; Microsoft adds AI shticks to searches (as expected); a traffic death is allegedly due to a DUI forklift operator; a downtown cineplex might not close after all.

2/7/23: DOUBLY BITTER SCENES
Feb 6th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Traumatic local-theater moments on and off stage; Catholic hospitals grow while Catholic churches shrink; awaiting Microsoft’s next big AI announcement and wondering where this newest tech-hype will really lead.

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.

1/25/23: 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.

1/2/23: SKIDOO-ING INTO ’23
Jan 1st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

The innies and outies for a prime-number year.

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.’

12/22/22: CHANGING THE CHANGING OF THE PAST
Dec 21st, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

‘Kindred’ miniseries alters Octavia Butler’s time-travel story; Margaret Atwood on the true meaning of Solstice; remembering Seattle’s homeless deaths in the past year; state Supreme Court to rule on transit fare enforcement.

12/8/22: THEY’VE GOT THE ‘TOUCH’
Dec 7th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe’s new media company to cover ‘revolutionaries’; next city housing levy could be a big ask; Metro cancels many runs due to faulty buses; MS, Amazon both get pieces of new Pentagon cloud-computing deal.

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’?

11/9/22: NO RED WAVE HERE
Nov 8th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Sen. Patty Murray heads a slate of winning (or currently leading) WA Dems; Ingraham High shooting kills one student; ex-mayor Nickels defends the honor of ‘wealthy, older white people’; a Jackson Street jazz legend (and interracial-marriage groundbreaker) dies at 96.

10/26/22: SEASON’S CREEPINGS, PART 2
Oct 25th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

More Halloween-esque spectacles; even-scarier GOP campaign ads; Rep. Jayapal pulls back from asking Biden to negotiate with Putin over Ukraine; prosecutor candidate Ferrell’s just-for-show ‘tough on drugs’ policy.

10/12/22: THE REAL FAULT IN OUR STARS
Oct 11th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

William Shatner on the sadness of space as seen from Jeff Bezos’ rocket; Seattle’s COVID ‘state of emergency’ to end; another post-CHOP report instructs SPD to ‘repair public trust;’ city of SeaTac to get the nation’s highest minimum wage (at least for some occupations).

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