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  • News

    April 25, 2012

    John Brennan's Body Politics

    Why a Portland man took off his clothes in an airport security line.

  • News

    April 25, 2012

    Gordon Hempton Wants You to Shut Up

    To protect the country's quietest place, one man's making a lot of noise.

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Comment of the Day: TSA Has Fascist Attitude Says Sort of Bourgeois Middle-Aged White Woman

    Last Thursday on Daily Weekly Keegan Hamilton interviewed John Brennan, the man now famous for stripping his clothes off at Portland International Airport in protest of the TSA.

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    John Brennan on Stripping Naked at PDX to Protest TSA: 'This is What Democracy Looks Like'

    John Brennan walked into Portland International Airport Tuesday evening with every intention of boarding his Alaska Airlines flight to San Jose. But when he got hassled at a TSA security checkpoint, something snapped -- or rather unsnapped. He stripped all the way down to his birthday suit because, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Oh, that Sarah Palin

    ​News that Sarah Palin broke out of the funny farm in order to decry Alaska Airlines' decision to stop placing little prayer cards on customer meal trays drew the usual medley of Palin mockery. The poor darling is just too easy a target. One reader suggested she could make better use of her ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Sarah Palin Surfaces to Blast Alaska Airlines for Cutting Out Prayer Cards

    It's been so pleasant lately. The weather has warmed up a touch, the sun is shining, and for the most part, Sarah Palin has kept her mouth shut -- which, really, is the position God always preferred for her mouth. But, fiddlesticks, the moose skinner from Wasilla is back, going off about how "astoni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Alaska Airlines Eliminates Prayer Cards, But Pretzels Still Available

    ​Alaska Airlines won't be comin' in on a wing and a prayer any longer. Beginning Feb. 1, passengers will have to settle for just the wing. Call it separation of church and airline. For 30 years, customers could count on getting a little prayer card on their meals trays. For some, especially th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Tiki Drinks Are Finding a Home in Seattle

    Forget the rum float, I like to shake the heck out of my mai tais and drink immediately.​Tiki drinks such as the Singapore sling, zombie and mai tai may have had their heyday in the 1940s and 50s, but thanks to the renewed interested in classic, finely crafted cocktails, tiki drinks are findin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Oregon Resident Jeff Ellis Tickled, Stung by Scorpion on Seattle Flight

    Jeff Ellis provided an image of the scorpion to Portland station KPTV.​"I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERFUCKIN' SCORPIONS ON THIS MOTHERFUCKIN' PLANE!" That's what Oregon resident Jeff Ellis could have said after he was stung by a scorpion on a June 17 Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Copper River King Salmon Debuts at Reduced Price

    ​Copper River King salmon is cheaper this year, but purveyors say the exalted fish hasn't lost any cachet. "We've had tons of calls already," says Elliott's Oyster House executive chef Robert Spaulding, who this morning marked the season's start by greeting the harvest's arrival at Seattle-Ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Alaska Airlines Testing Out In-Flight iPads for Pilots

    ​Looking at the modern commercial airplane cockpit, one can come to no other conclusion than: pilots really need more gadgets in there. Thankfully, tablet computers that can be worn as knee-pads are available now to give the extra distraction that every aviator craves.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Why Do the Portland Timbers' New Jerseys Secretly Wish They Were the Sounders'?

    ​I mean, a Seattle-based company as your principal sponsor? Really? Check out the Sounders' new gear for a better look at how new kit designs should be done.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Alaska Air CEO Bill Ayer Said to Be Under Investigation By SEC For Insider Trading

    ​Bloomberg reports that the head of a famously God-fearing airline is getting the Martha Stewart treatment by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Alaska Air CEO Bill Ayer sat on the board of Puget Energy in 2008, the same year one of Alaska's biggest investors, the NY-based hedge fund Dona ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Watching the Protesters

    These spies may have known too much.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Just Like You, I Put My Custom-Tailored Jeans On One Leg at a Time

    Duff's Custom-Made TopDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​If you've seen me at any rock shows over the past few years, you will notice that I wear the same jeans at every gig. As a matter of fact, I wear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    There's a Job for You Somewhere

    Unemployment is high and getting higher, and the Big B is fixing to lower the boom, so it figures that today's UW job fair--which features big employers like Alaska Airlines and T-Mobile and is open to the general public--is going to be crowded. But a conventional job fair isn't the only way to fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Sigler Mayoral Kickoff Set for Thursday at Belltown Buckley's

    Stormin' Norman Sigler, the dimply dude pictured at left who was the first candidate to throw in against Mayor Greg Nickels, will publicly launch his campaign during happy hour this Thursday at the Belltown Buckley's (2331 2nd Ave., not to be confused wit the original Uptown Buckley's). Full detail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Morning Links

    Torture is a habit you don't just break overnight: Obama to take up to a year to close Guantanamo.UW Endowment: DwindlingCheap Alaska trip: Summer cruises on discount Dicey Alaska trip: Woman sues Alaska Airlines after being sprayed with de-icer while seated in first class. You expect those sorts of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    A Vote-Toss Record

    Here's the final voter breakdown - right word - from the Obama election: the ballots of 10,993 King County voters could not be counted. That's a record, total-wise, but lower, percentage-wise, than the August primary election failure rate.Out of 774,580 registered county voters who were sent general ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2008

    Salmon Caught in the Carbon Net

    Our mania for wild, fresh boutique fish comes at a high environmental cost.

  • News

    May 7, 2008

    Inside the City Council’s Tax Returns

    Can you guess which member has a car payment?

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2008

    Other People's Money: City Hall Edition

    Can you guess which member has a car payment?

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    Jones Just Can't Get a Break

    Can you guess which member has a car payment?

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    Pullman: Sex, Limes, and Videotape

    How a night with a porn star turned into a rape case.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2007

    Glacial Corruption

    How a night with a porn star turned into a rape case.

  • News

    June 28, 2006

    Circling the Square

    Pioneer Square is part down-at-the-heels tourist trap, homeless shelter, and nightlife district. Now, Seattle's semi-seedy historic urban village is facing major population growth. Can the Square be revived and still keep its character?

  • News

    March 22, 2006

    Million-Dollar Mayor

    His fund-raising is always in high gear. But whose isn't?

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    Democracy Meets Theology

    His fund-raising is always in high gear. But whose isn't?

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    The Immigrant Vote

    Proposed initiatives would crack down on illegals at the polls and on welfare rolls.

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    Strongman of the North

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

  • News

    October 12, 2005

    Election 2005, Public Health

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Airport in a Storm

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    No Exit

    At Western State Hospital, a hundred patients are in mental health purgatory. They should be freed, but the bureaucracy won't budge.

  • News

    August 4, 2004

    Pork-Pillow Politics

    Sen. Patty Murray has worked hard on Capitol Hill for port security funding, and her husband's Seattle employer, SSA Marine, has benefited.

  • Diversions

    August 4, 2004

    Best Poetry Merchants

    ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Food

    September 25, 2002

    Greenwood Mountain High

    Quaint meets comfy on Northwest 85th.

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    News Clips— Santas/Scrooges

    Quaint meets comfy on Northwest 85th.

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    News Clips— Decisive/Divisive

    Quaint meets comfy on Northwest 85th.

  • News

    July 18, 2001

    Troubled order

    Why are lawyers circling a popular Green Lake eatery?

  • Music

    April 18, 2001

    Square pegs

    Botch's edge-of-reason metal doesn't fit in to Seattle's music scene, and they don't care.

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    News Clips— Pass/Fail

    Botch's edge-of-reason metal doesn't fit in to Seattle's music scene, and they don't care.

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Paper tiger

    Daily newspapers ain't what they used to be.

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    Rock the vote

    Daily newspapers ain't what they used to be.

  • News

    March 15, 2000

    Slashing safety?

    Boeing looks to save time and money on inspections.

  • News

    February 23, 2000

    Dot-com voodoo

    The weird science of branding will help you Jiffy Pop your start-up.

  • News

    February 9, 2000

    Flight data vs. flight memory

    The weird science of branding will help you Jiffy Pop your start-up.

  • News

    November 11, 1998

    Unequal opportunity

    Local women find that the corporate boardroom is still a man's world

  • Arts

    March 25, 1998

    Radio comix

    Local women find that the corporate boardroom is still a man's world

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