The Dawn of District Elections
What will the new district-based city council elections mean for Seattle? Raymond Murphy considers.
Philippe Aigrain’s Sharing: Toward a Sustainable Internet
Philippe Aigrain’s book Sharing lays out a case for a more equitable Internet.
Denizens and Citizens
The publisher makes some notes on local civics.
Opening Up the Star
Starting today, we begin to “open” up the Star with a new series of Open Knowledge texts.
Visiting First Place School: Reflections on Other-centric Education, Private Education, & Identity
During my visit to First Place School I am distracted. Dawn Mason, a former WA State Representative, leads me through the halls on an informal tour. Her flowing skirt brushes against the walls as she walks. This place is another kind of home to her.
The Campaign Documentary Arrives in Seattle
Seattle screening of Christie Herring, Marc Smolowitz and Brook Holston’s look into the groundbreaking fight against California’s anti-gay marriage proposition 8, The Campaign. Thursday, August 15 at 7:30 p.m., SIFF Film Center.
We Need Communities of Works
An op-ed piece from Seattle author, poet and musician, Alvin L.A. Horn.
Odin’s Horse and the Lehrstück ohne Lehre
In our post-Bush era, political theater is increasingly rare. In our remote, cozy and often smug city of Seattle it is rarer still. Anything encouraging Americans to get together in a group to solve problems is a general anathema. Stereotypes have hardened. Dialogue is emotional and without sense. Issues are treated not as matters to solve by consensus but rather to be solved by fiat. It is no wonder discussion feels polarized.
Observations On Occupy Wall Street’s One Year Anniversary
When Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai was asked for his assessment of the French Revolution of 1789, he famously responded “it is too soon to tell.” American political commentators examining the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street have not been so circumspect, but then again, few in the media had any grasp of the movement to begin with.
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