Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2016
Following the Fate of the Fountain
In the mid 1990’s, a sculpture by renowned African American artist, James Washington, Jr., was installed at the MidTown Center at 23rd &...
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Jan 1, 2015
Tom Hoffman - Watercolors
BOOK REVIEW Leschi artist Tom Hoffman has written an elegant, beautifully produced book, entitled Watercolor Painting—A Comprehensive...
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Jan 1, 2015
A New Hellhound of Wall Street
BOOK REVIEW Neil Barofsky’s book Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street says it...
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Jan 1, 2015
Where Are We Going?
BOOK REVIEW Here, five years after the Great Recession began, we seem to be mired in a jobless recovery. What happened? Plenty of books...
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Jan 1, 2015
Where Is Our Hellhound?
BOOK REVIEW Michael Perino’s 2010 history of the Pecora hearings entitled The Hellhound of Wall Street will induce any reader to ask: Why...
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Jan 1, 2015
The Other Washington
BOOK REVIEW I've been reading (to be honest, listening to a downloadable audio book from our wonderful library) about Washington. Not...
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Jan 1, 2015
West Seattle Couple Pens an Up-and-Down Guide
BOOK REVIEW The map of the scenic byways of Madrona and Leschi are just part of the pleasure of Jake Jaramillo and Cathy Jaramillo’s...
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Jan 1, 2015
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
BOOK REVIEW I knew that I needed to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, when I first heard about it, but part...
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Jan 1, 2015
Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
BOOK REVIEW Since we have a clutch of big tax chiselers right here in River City*, this subject interests me greatly. As the Great...
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Jan 1, 2015
The Crash of 2016
BOOK REVIEW Though the title implies that this is another book on the stock market, it is, rather, a review of the history of America’s...