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Jean Godden

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Ruby and Shirley

Before Hillary, there were Ruby Chow and Shirley Bridge, here fondly remembered by a woman inspired by their early examples of setting a high bar for civic leadership.

Jean Godden on Seattle: My, how you've changed!

The longtime columnist for Seattle's dailies casts an affectionate eye over the many sweeping transformations of the city, and wonders if all the newcomers will learn to cherish the uniqueness of the place.

Jean Godden: Saying goodbye to our friend, Walt Crowley

He was master of the wry bon mot, Seattle's unofficial spokesman, and founder of HistoryLink, one of the state's great treasures. Lively to the end, he even had a momentary urge to run for City Council this year.

Jean Godden is a member of the Seattle City Council. She was a columnist and chronicler of Seattle life for many years at both Seattle daily newspapers.
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Mossback » Channeled scablands.

More fun than Deliverance!

Spend your summer vacation in Eastern Washington, an exotic locale where lakes are slippery, the Scablands surprising, and wheat farmers are smashing stuff for fun.

RFK Jr.'s plot to destroy the planet

Our cultural amnesia

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Olympia songwriter Kimya Dawson has her eye on Sesame Street

The indie musician who rose to prominence with the movie Juno is otherwise sticking to her modest lifestyle.

The executive director of PONCHO is fired

Tobias Wolff reflects on his upbringing by a brutal stepfather

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Are WaMu shareholders about to get another haircut?

Earnings report is due next Tuesday, and it may require sale of more equity, at a discount, to cover expected losses.

Seattle's dailies and a union get down to it

My day with the ranchers

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Editorial cartoonists join the endangered list at newspapers

Ranks are thinning as papers cut costs and shift to syndicated cartoons. Seattle P-I's David Horsey also laments Bush fatigue: "there was not anything particularly funny or clever left to say about this guy being incompetent or disastrous."

David Horsey replies with McCain cartoon spoofing New Yorker cover

Jerry Springer's sea of troubles

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