Bruce Ramsey gives thanks that he’s not a Canadian
The Seattle Times’ Bruce Ramsey is thankful that he doesn’t have to suffer through that damned, Canadian socialized health care system. An American friend lives in British Columbia with his wife, who just had hip-replacement surgery, paid by the Canadian taxpayer. My mother just had hip-replacement surgery, paid by the U.S. taxpayer. (You know, Medicare.) In Canada there is universal coverage, though the care itself is limited by squeezes on provincial budgets. In the U.S. we have universal coverage f

Open thread

Death in the Afternoon Morning
Few would dispute that one of the keys to the Seattle Times’ Darwinian triumph over the rival P-I was its success in altering the terms of their Joint Operating Agreement to allow the Blethens to shift publication from the afternoon to the morning. Afternoon papers had been declining for decades, and the Times was intent on avoiding what former Executive Editor Michael Fancher dubbed “death in the afternoon.” Ironically, now that the dead-tree version of the P-I is dead, and the omnipresent Internet has compressed the news cycle to the point where it h

War Crimes
The recent execution-style murder of Officer Timothy Brenton has justifiably shaken the residents of Seattle. The suspect, Christopher Monfort, is most certainly the culprit. His car was seen at the crime scene, and when discovered at his apartment a few days later, police claim to have found DNA and ballistics evidence that links him to the crime. Monfort openly talked of waging war against the police, having previously sent threatening lett

Drinking Liberally — Seattle
It is a special pre-Thanksgiving edition of Drinking Liberally for the Seattle chapter tonight. Festivities take place at the Mon