Jon Talton
@jtalton.bsky.social
Business Columnist at the Seattle Times, former Arizona Republic, Rocky Mountain News, Cincinnati Enquirer, Dayton Daily News and Charlotte Observer. Instructor of theater at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Long ago EMT-paramedic.
A glorious October day outside our condo in Belltown, Seattle:
October 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A glorious October day outside our condo in Belltown, Seattle:
The Doppler Tower at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, with 50,O00 highly paid, well educated employees, three blocks from our condo:
September 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The Doppler Tower at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, with 50,O00 highly paid, well educated employees, three blocks from our condo:
Repainting SIFF Cinema (the former Cinema) at Fourth Avenue and Lenora Street in Belltown, a block from our condo:
June 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Repainting SIFF Cinema (the former Cinema) at Fourth Avenue and Lenora Street in Belltown, a block from our condo:
Trump is the retired KGB man’s “asset,” as spies say.
March 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump is the retired KGB man’s “asset,” as spies say.
Our dictator wants to turn the FBI into his secret police:
March 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Our dictator wants to turn the FBI into his secret police:
An administration of traitors:
March 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
An administration of traitors:
The return of the ugly American:
February 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The return of the ugly American:
Trump is Neville Chamberlain in 1939, when the British Prime Minister sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler:
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump is Neville Chamberlain in 1939, when the British Prime Minister sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler:
Trump is a monster:
February 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Trump is a monster:
Trump is a monster:
February 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump is a monster:
The Trump cult is coming for Social Security. The far-right has fantasized about repealing the New Deal for decades. Now it’s going to do it.
February 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Trump cult is coming for Social Security. The far-right has fantasized about repealing the New Deal for decades. Now it’s going to do it.
Trump is another Hitler:
February 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Trump is another Hitler:
Trump is a traitor:
February 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Trump is a traitor:
A part of the eighty years of American leadership destroyed in two weeks:
February 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A part of the eighty years of American leadership destroyed in two weeks:
We live in a constitutional crisis:
February 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
We live in a constitutional crisis:
Thanks, Jazz Alley in Belltown (Seattle) for new awnings and for keeping the faith through the pandemic:
February 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Thanks, Jazz Alley in Belltown (Seattle) for new awnings and for keeping the faith through the pandemic:
He’s already wrecking the country even before being sworn in:
December 19, 2024 at 7:15 PM
He’s already wrecking the country even before being sworn in:
USS Arizona, today at Pearl Harbor, 1941:
December 7, 2024 at 10:35 PM
USS Arizona, today at Pearl Harbor, 1941: