Opinion

Is SeaTac the Grinch that stole Christmas from a genuine tree farm in the city?

SeaTac businessman Gene Fisher says this is probably the last holiday season he will be selling Christmas trees on his nearly two-acre tree farm at 2857 S.…MORE

Last week I went with Elsbeth to the supermarket to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving.

She wanted a Butterball and she wanted a hen, not a Tom. But the darn things are covered with plastic and you can't see through it and maybe see something…MORE

You can do the over-the-woods and through-the-river thing if you want, but I’m warning you, once you get to Grandmother’s house, don’t be expecting your usual Thanksgiving feast.

Grandma has no time to cook. She’s much too busy trying to…MORE

Special to the Times/News

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. Maybe because it revolves around food. And family. And fending off the daunting winter gloom with feasting and festivity. Plus, what other holiday comes with an…MORE

We hope that someday soon the citizens of this city can, as a whim, order Seattle City Council members to be re-elected five time before they can serve.

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I'm proud to be an American

where at least I know I'm free,

And I won't forget the men who

died who gave that right to me,

And I gladly stand up next to you

and defend her still today....

Dean Wong

Last week my car was in the shop for a couple of days, so I decided to take the bus home. It takes an hour and a half to get home on the number 18 bus to downtown, followed by the number 36 bus making its way south on Third…MORE

The monorail, as defined by the latest of five ballots, runs from Interbay to West Seattle, and does not stretch north of the ship canal. That doesn't mean it wouldn't eventually.

Now more than ever, West Seattle needs the monorail.

While the city's urban village scheme may have helped improve our local business climate; provided better choices for restaurants, entertainment and shopping; and increased the housing…MORE

Does monorail still make sense for Seattle?

I think so.

Instead of arguing about the appropriate length of the financing plan and the future value of money, I will focus on the fundamental transit arguments. Do we want rapid transit…MORE