by Splabman | May 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Forgive me Sonics fans, but I view the Seattle City Council vote yesterday (5.2.16) as emblematic of everything good about Seattle. The Council voted against a sale of a city street to would-be stadium-builder and prospective NBA team owner Chris Hansen, which may be...
by Splabman | Feb 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Great article by Danny Westneat (former Valley Daily News columnist) about whether Seattle is great. In the article, he refers to an Atlantic magazine article entitled: Eleven Signs a City Will Succeed, written by James Fallows. It’s about whether a town will...
by Splabman | Nov 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Give Judd Legum credit for using French Philosopher Roland Barthes (dead since 1980) to better understand the ascendancy of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. An article in ThinkProgress digs up some Barthes material from 1957 on the difference between...
