Greenwood Arsonist, Health Care Reform, Nightclub Closures and Obsolescence

12:00 p.m.

Arsonist Caught?

Seattle Police have a person of interest in custody in connection the string of arsons in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood.

Hospital Pay

The executive of the non–profit Valley Medical Center got a $1.7 million retirement bonus. And he's still on the job. John Ryan reports.

Sprinkler Blues at Local Clubs

A new law requiring expensive sprinkler systems in small performance spaces is causing some local clubs to stop the music. One of them is the popular Capitol Hill nightspot, The War Room. Co–owner Brian Rauschenbach joins us.

12:20 p.m.

A Different Take on Health Care Reform

Harvard Economist David Cutler was on board for the failed Clinton Administration run at health insurance reform. Cutler thinks free market incentives can make doctors and hospitals more effective and more efficient. We'll talk to him about how that would work.

12:40 p.m.

Things We Used To Do

Once we used clothes lines. Now we have clothes driers. Once the slide rule was the state of art math tool. Calculators have left them in the dust. We'll talk to Anna Jane Grossman, author of "Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once Common Things Passing Us By" about everyday behaviors and apparatuses that are disappearing. We'll also hear from you: What are things or activities some call old–fashioned but you call just right?