Opinion

The other day, I was looking through some old columns, and I found this one. It features an interview I did with a guy who wanted to be mayor of Seattle about nine years ago.

He went on to become mayor, something that he did either…MORE

Probably not as fun as a champagne toast, but a New Year's tradition nonetheless, here is my arbitrary list of the top ten Highline stories of the year.

As noted last week, 2009 was the year of the big ribbon-cutting scissors. The Burien…MORE

Meet Rory Rice

Many golfers at Rainier Golf and Country Club know the man pictured because when he was just a kid who played at our local course, he played pretty good.

In fact, there is a trophy in the clubhouse with his name on it…MORE

The street scene you see was the way things looked in 1924. And 26 years later when we bought the White Center News from then publisher Dean Phares, the historic intersection was not too different. Roxbury Street, the city limits for Seattle,…MORE

I think that many of our educators, and school board members, could be very successful at raising mushrooms.

Mushrooms come in three basic varieties. Tasty, but not particularly nutritious, hallucinogenic, and poisonous. I think that…MORE

Have you been inundated with Snow yet? No?

What happened to the ‘Arctic Blast’ that’s always supposed to arrive on our doorsteps each winter?

Some folks suggest that global warming is messing up traditional weather models, but I…MORE

Thinking of selling your house? But your house has grown as outdated as mullet cuts and “Happy Days”? If you're planning on selling, it's become more important to make sure your house is appealing, especially with a deep supply of homes on the…MORE

It's a New Year and what a turbulent 2009 it replaces. War, rumors of war, economic tragedies, greed, unstable people killing police officers and children abused by their own families.

Somewhere good news thrives, yet seldom found in Web…MORE

The street scene you see was the way things looked in 1924. And 26 years later when we bought the White Center News from then publisher Dean Phares, the historic intersection was not too different.

Roxbury Street, the city limits for…MORE

By Tim Burgess, Seattle City Council

Ed. Note: This column originally appeared in the December issue of Tim Burgess' newsletter, "City View."

My first two years on the city council are coming to an end soon. People keep asking me if…MORE