Columbia University

Project Nim: A Chimp Tragedy

Are Airport Body Scanners Causing Cancer? Portland TSA Workers Think So, and They're Not Alone

Image source​Transportation Security Administration workers in Boston, Puerto Rico, and Portland have reported elevated rates of cancer, strokes, and heart disease among employees whose job it is to ogle travelers' naked bodies as they pass through full-body scanners. Does that mean the univer ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

Fake Shakespeare, sushi for charity, and the Henry throws a party.

Jean Kwok

Fake Shakespeare, sushi for charity, and the Henry throws a party.

Michael Young, University of Washington Incoming President and Former Bush Advisor, Faces Nothing but Love on Campus

​It's official. The University of Washington announced this morning that Michael Young will be the school's new top dog. The current University of Utah president has a glittering resume, which boasts a Harvard law degree and teaching and administrative stints at Columbia and George Washington ... More >>

Scott Adams, Dilbert Creator and Own Biggest Fan, Now Stumping for Rich White Ladies

​The upside to Dilbert comic strip creator, former Seattleite and rich douchebag Scott Adams becoming the butt of the Internet's joke over his pretending to be his own biggest fan online, is that he's now free to take up the cause of fellow rich douchebags. His first target: Gwyneth Paltrow.

Brian Yorkey: From Issaquah to a Tony Award

​The upside to Dilbert comic strip creator, former Seattleite and rich douchebag Scott Adams becoming the butt of the Internet's joke over his pretending to be his own biggest fan online, is that he's now free to take up the cause of fellow rich douchebags. His first target: Gwyneth Paltrow.

Today in Sex: What if Sexing Up Your Parents Was Legal?

​Or banging your brother or sister? Assuming everyone involved was above the age of consent, and it weren't against the law would you be tempted? Like most of you, my genitals sealed themselves shut at the mere thought of getting it on with anyone I'm related to, but unfortunately, this squeam ... More >>

FAIR-y Tales

Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinching Americans.

Ask a Mexican!

Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinching Americans.

Mona Simpson

Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinching Americans.

The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinching Americans.

UW's School of Rap

Why the University of Washington created a class that's bigger than hip-hop.

Not So Fast With That Pulitzer!

Was this Pulitzer awarded too close to home?​It was with some hometown pride that we noted the Pulitzer just awarded to the musical Next to Normal, which was workshopped at Issaquah's Village Theatre back in 2005. The show is currently running on Broadway, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, ... More >>

Deep Listening Band

Was this Pulitzer awarded too close to home?​It was with some hometown pride that we noted the Pulitzer just awarded to the musical Next to Normal, which was workshopped at Issaquah's Village Theatre back in 2005. The show is currently running on Broadway, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Notable Events

Was this Pulitzer awarded too close to home?​It was with some hometown pride that we noted the Pulitzer just awarded to the musical Next to Normal, which was workshopped at Issaquah's Village Theatre back in 2005. The show is currently running on Broadway, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, ... More >>

Was Roxanna Brown an Art-World Fraud?

Her questionable death in federal custody means we may never know.

Now, Back to the Mud

Her questionable death in federal custody means we may never know.

Why’s the Brown Team So Obsessed With Dead Body Parts?

Her questionable death in federal custody means we may never know.

Susie J. Lee’s Unromantic Emotions Spill Over Lawrimore

Her questionable death in federal custody means we may never know.

Perry Farrell or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

Her questionable death in federal custody means we may never know.

Nov. 8-15, 2006

A Krzysztof Kieslowski retrospective, and Warren Miller gives the middle finger to global warming.

Cool Kids Keep

A Krzysztof Kieslowski retrospective, and Warren Miller gives the middle finger to global warming.

Miraculous They're Not

Study: Newer antipsychotic drugs are little improvement.

Give Peace a Trance

June. 15-21, 2005

Critical Condition

Arts journalism isn't dead, it's just got a serious case of the blogs.

This Week's Reads

Daniel Alarcón, Jack Hamann, Eric Bogosian, and Nicole Krauss.

Crooked Fingers

Also: Major Dundee, Todd Oldham, Victor Navasky, and The Graduate.

A Pop Conference Top 10

Also: Major Dundee, Todd Oldham, Victor Navasky, and The Graduate.

Gonzo Legacy

Hunter S. Thompson's drugs take effect on a young writer.

Birds, Leeches, and Cats

Feb. 9-15, 2005

Opinion From the End Times

Some newspaper endorsements just don't pass the smell test.

This Week's Attractions

Some newspaper endorsements just don't pass the smell test.

Frat-Boy Confidential

Goat rises above Animal House, but just barely.

Peter Cincotti, Alegréa, and More

Goat rises above Animal House, but just barely.

This Week's Attractions

The Housekeeper, Love the Hard Way, Masked and Anonymous, and Scorched.

Before and After Science

The American Analog Set apply themselves to microcosmic rock. Just don't tell the dean.

Zarker, Pulitzers, and SeaPop

The American Analog Set apply themselves to microcosmic rock. Just don't tell the dean.

Gluteus Maxim-us

The American Analog Set apply themselves to microcosmic rock. Just don't tell the dean.

Hip Hapa

An artist with attitude remembers his mixed-race childhood.

Death whiffs

High court strikes out on death penalty.

Quasi, Mobb Deep, Macha, DJ Spooky

High court strikes out on death penalty.

Enemies of the Third Reich

Remembering musicians lost to the Holocaust.

Glass doghouse

Remembering musicians lost to the Holocaust.