Emerald City Emergence: Seattle and the New Deal

Richard Morrill — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:10:13 -0400

Seattle voters, if not the city’s newspapers, were strong supporters of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal in the 1930s and 1940s. As in many parts of the country, New Deal programs had a profound effect on Seattle and Washington state. read more »

Thoughts on the Future of Seattle: A Vision of 2040 for Pugetopolis

Richard Morrill — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:56:36 -0400

I have been attacked as a defender of ‘sprawl’ although I consider myself a man of the left, with a political-economy philosophy that is ‘social democratic – far to the left of the contemporary Democratic party. I view global warming as very serious, but consider continuing global warfare over resources, land and religion, and increasing national and global economic and political inequality as even more critical. read more »