Trump hasn’t gotten his wall, but he’s building one around us nonetheless | Danny Westneat
This year in our state we haven’t resettled a single Syrian refugee. And we’ve only welcomed a total of four from Iraq. The numbers don’t...
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Danny Westneat
Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
When will we be done paying for the sports stadiums? We finally have the real answer | Danny Westneat
When the King County Council voted Monday to subsidize Safeco Field, again, it did more than just give $135 million that will benefit a private...
Republican or Democrat? For this candidate, the answer is neither | Danny Westneat
There hasn’t been a true independent elected to our state Legislature in more than a hundred years. One has a chance this year — just...
Attack ads and a big mistake: The national election comes to town | Danny Westneat
Our usually off-the-grid state just became ground zero for the national parties in the election.
Seattle’s crusading activism gets expensive as the lawsuits pile up | Danny Westneat
In the Showbox theater drama, the Seattle City Council is being sued precisely for behaving like socialist activists. It’s a test case of whether it...
Here’s a way to solve the impasse over Safeco Field: We should sell it | Danny Westneat
We, the people, own Safeco Field, as the Mariners keep reminding us. So what if we just sold it to them — or even gave...
Why aren’t we asking if Seattle has gotten better, not worse? | Danny Westneat
This surprisingly simple question doesn’t get asked enough, or at all, even as Seattle is being remade at startling speed.
Hey, GOP, there’s already more evidence to impeach than the last time you did it | Danny Westneat
I covered every sorry step of the last time we went down this road of sex, lies and presidential cover-up. The same party that obsessively...
Seattle’s secret meetings are creating more suspicion than progress | Danny Westneat
Holding closed-door talks on contentious topics such as taxes and zoning may be easier than inviting in the disagreeable public. But now Seattle finds itself...
The Northwest’s answer to Trump’s ‘gas guzzling is great again’ | Danny Westneat
The Trump administration picked the hottest month to unleash the coal and oil industries — including going after energy conservation. But a countermovement is bubbling...