Dr. Frances Kelsey, a physician and pharmacologist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who was credited with largely averting the tragedy wrought by thalidomide in other parts of the world, passed away on Friday at the age of 101. As the Washington Post reported, she held up its approval and helped gather evidence of the […]
Adapting to “Seattle on the Mediterranean”
With Seattle’s hot streak of weather in June, it was only a matter of time before someone tried to use it to make the case for “doing something” about climate change. Timothy Egan did just that in the July 3 New York Times, in which he pleads: “Before giving in to a future in which […]
Why can’t America have a debate about mental health?
In the wake of this week’s tragedy in Charleston, SC we’re hearing the usual calls for tightening America’s gun control laws. I’m not at all opposed to such a discussion, but like the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and others, I don’t hold out much hope of one given the failure to do anything after the […]
King County Metro – let’s not stop at bus shelters
Metro bus users and taxpayers should rejoice that Seattle is soliciting bids from companies to fund, design and replace bus shelters, benches, trash cans and information signs. In addition, residents will benefit from a requirement that the winning vendor must maintain them to higher standards than King County Metro currently provides. The company will recoup […]
Time for some real change on homeless policies
With recent newspaper headlines such as “Homeless crisis in plain sight”, it’s clear that Seattle’s “Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness” has failed. With ambitious and clearly articulated goals of virtually ending the problem by 2014, no more tent cities or encampments and the expectation that some shelters would close, it’s hard to reach any other […]
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