We Have Standards! Mayor Murray and Councilmember Licata announced a new Office of Labor Standards this week.

Imagine That: When you make a new bike lane downtown, people will use it.

Leading the Way in Boondoggles: According to a new report, Seattle is pretty much the dumbest city when it comes to highway planning.

Small Is Beautiful: Is Mayor Murray clashing with the City Council over affordable housing?

Build a Community College in South Seattle: So says Tammy Morales.

Soar, Losers: Spike Friedman says we shouldn't get all mopey over a single Seahawks loss.

Breadsticks > Jobs: This week, I read a 300-page PowerPoint presentation about the possible future of Olive Garden. The future doesn't look pretty.

You're Welcome, LA: Remember the SPD drones that everyone in Seattle hated? SPD gave them to the LAPD and now everyone in LA is mad about it.

Colorless: Charles Mudede brilliantly compares Seattle's diversity problem to a photograph of a black hole.

A Building Problem: Only six percent of construction workers on city projects actually live in Seattle.

More Amazonian Than Amazon: America, meet Alibaba.

Piper ONeills The Lone Stranger, now showing outdoors at the UW.
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  • Piper O'Neill's The Lone Stranger, now showing outdoors at the UW.

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Campus: Jen Graves asks, "Why shouldn't Seattle's largest, leafiest, loveliest college campus host free public outdoor art exhibitions?"

Talking with Yanni: You guys, Yanni misses Seattle!

Play Me Out: Here's Chris Walla's last performance with Death Cab for Cutie.

Attack of the Giant Spiders: It's that time of year, Seattle. Get ready.

We Care a Lot: A history of what The Stranger has cared about, as told in folders.