Boating

Jim Hightower

Letters to the Editor

Praise for Laurel Holliday's UW articles, a nod of agreement with Jeff Jones' "Jobless in Seattle" Writers' Corner essay, private police on the tracks at Golden Gardens, a plea for Seattle to be "greener" than Chicago and a response to James Poage's May 9

Viewpoint

God Bless America

Curt Firestone tells why we really ought to be saying "God bless the rest of the world."

Port news

Fishermen's Terminal Opens to Yachts June 1

Fishermen's Terminal will allow yachts and other non-commercial vessels to moor in the historical terminal for the first time beginning Saturday, June 1.

Folklife

Folklore Isn't Just Food and Music

The Northwest Folklife Festival is where the fun side of culture meets the serious side of cultural preservation. Cindy Payne interviews the people who planned the whole thing.

Port news

Knutson Argues Against Yacht Use

Fisherman activist and professor Pete Knutson had his say against recreational boat moorage at Fishermen's Terminal May 14.

Folklife

Finding Her Hidden Voice

The long journey of Maggie McLellan from shy vocal performer to director of the Phinney Neighborhood Community Chorus.

Good Food

Good Food

Conserving Mediterranean Culture on Lower Queen Anne

Zachary Lyons visits two mainstays of the Mediterranean, Nonna Maria and Mediterranean Kitchen.

Teacher Ted

Kids Combat Prejudice

One of the words kids often throw around in their ever-changing vernacular has stayed the same for decades--"gay." Now, students are taking it into their own hands to change the derogatory use of the word.

Good Food

Recipe Nook

Vegetarian Recipes From an American Zen Buddhist Monastery

Stewart Rose of Vegetarians of Washington contributes this original recipe from author, chef, and Zen Buddhist priest Seppo Ed Farrey's cookbook, 3 Bowls: Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen Buddhist Monastery.

There From Here

Wonkish ETC Board Disdains Voters

It's time for the Elevated Transportation Company to decide how members of its successor organization will be selected. Will they choose to elect or appoint the people who will take Monorail ahead?

Books for Kids

Childhood's Greatest Hits

Nicole Jones reviews a collection of her favorite kids' books from years past. Some of your favorites is probably here, too.

Fine Roman Hand

It Was Not Always So

Stephen Herold reviews Eliot Porter's In Wildness is the Preservation of the World.

Roger's Home Journal

Roger's Home Journal

A Prerequisite To Home Improvement Projects

Roger is distracted from home improvement, and goes for a sail to Bainbridge Island for his Save the World Institute.

Money Muse

Money Muse

Evaluating Long-term Care Insurance

As the population of older Americans increases, so does the need for nursing-home care. As a result, long-term care insurance has become a necessity for many people. This type of insurance can be an inexpensive way to protect life savings from the devasta

Hash

A pair of bicycle patrolmen ride up University Way on a Friday at 5:08 p.m. They observe two men sitting on the sidewalk on the east side of the street...

News Of The Weird

Weirder and weirder all the time!

Jim Hightower

Jim Hightower

Stolen Slogans

In his latest commentary, Jim Hightower ridicules both Democrats and Republicans for squabbling over campaign catch-phrases.

Law & Technology

Law and Technology

This week's acronym: CAPPS

Airline passenger screening could become a lot more intrusive, with new techniques now in prototype form. Will it make us safer?