Knute Berger
Chew on This: Where Do You Stand on Aplets & Cotlets?
National Public Radio broadcast a story last week about a Northwest institution that many people here take for granted. We’re used to hearing about the groundbreaking achievements of regional brands like Starbucks, Amazon and Microsoft. But Aplets & Cotlets? To many of us, Aplets & Cotlets are those little bricks of sweetness dusted in powdered…
Bridging Seattle’s Generational Divide for the City’s Sake, and Ours
From Boomers to Millennials, Seattle's generations need each other, especially as we all face the challenges ahead
It is somewhat fashionable for American generations to dislike one another, Boomers vs. Millennials vs. Gen Xers. All have come in for criticism, despite the fact that defining people by age and marketing categories doesn’t fully reflect human experience which, at its best, is multi-generational. The other day I was walking in Columbia City and…
Bellevue’s University Bookstore to Close, but the East Side Keeps Its Edge
Bellevue is in many ways more “urban” than Seattle now—certainly, it’s racially more diverse, which is complete flip from the white-bread suburbs of the ‘60s and ‘70s
Berger supervising a photo shoot of Bill Gates and Brian “The Boz” Bosworth in 1988
Washington’s Electors More Faithless Than Any Other State; They Should Pay
Faithless electors used to be a very rare thing, and this year, Washington’s were more faithless than any other state’s
The Washington Secretary of State’s Office has sent $1,000 fine notices to the four state “faithless electors” who voted for presidential candidates other than the one who won the state, Hillary Clinton. Presidential electors are selected by state parties and their ballots actually determine who is president. They are supposed to vote for the candidate…
Seattle, Island of Blue
The next four years will challenge Seattle, says Knute Berger. Are we up to the task?
On election night 2016, Seattle learned just how much of a national outlier it is. During the past eight years, the uplifting message of hope personified by Barack Obama led us to believe our own PR: that we were a national role model for social justice, the economy, reform and progressive politics in general. Our…
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