Donald H. Rumsfeld

The Man Nobody Knew: Secrets and Lies in Washington, D.C.

Robert Gates, Chancellor; Ex-Defense Secretary Forgoes Retirement With Wife in Skagit County

The Gateses in Agra.​The suspicion was that former U.S.Secretary of Defense Robert Gates would retire for good at his Big Lake home in Skagit County once he departed D.C. in June. Skagit is where his wife of 43 years, Becky, prefers to live year-round in their home of 17 years, catching up wit ... More >>

Donald Rumsfeld's Widow Problem

What happens when you call the former Secretary of Defense a liar.

Pimps Convicted of Trying to Pick up Undercover Cops

Donald Rumsfeld had nothing to do with the sting, of course. But you don't pass up the chance to show the former Secretary of Defense in a velvet hat.​According to police, Roosevelt "City Red" Johnson Jr. is a pimp. How do they know? Because he tried to turn one of their officers. In July, po ... More >>

You Wouldn't Think People Would Want This Guy's Job: KC Exec Triplett Talks Water Taxis, Cuts

​These days, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi--like the job of King County Executive--is being fought over more than a VH1 dating show star. (Fortunately or not, this battle's contestants are more articulate and clothed than their TV counterparts.) Aspiring execs Ross Hunter and Larry Phillips would ... More >>

The Limits of Control: More Low-Key Shenanigans From Jim Jarmusch.

​These days, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi--like the job of King County Executive--is being fought over more than a VH1 dating show star. (Fortunately or not, this battle's contestants are more articulate and clothed than their TV counterparts.) Aspiring execs Ross Hunter and Larry Phillips would ... More >>

Oregon Governor Asks For Tax Increases And Health Care Expansions, And Sky Doesn't Fall

Kulongoski looks a little like Donald Rumsfeld, but seems a lot nicer. So it can be done. Facing a recession and a budget shortfall, just like his neighbor to the North, Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski opened the legislative session by asking for $2 billion in revenue increases to fund expansions i ... More >>

No Retirement For Pentagon's Gates?

Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

Don't Do It, Massachusetts! (But If You Do, Take Tim)

Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

Harry Shearer

Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

All Aboard

Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

No End in Sight: Or, Military Quagmires 101

Never mind the latest troop surge. The latest Iraq war doc damningly indicts its original architects.

They're Covered

Never mind the latest troop surge. The latest Iraq war doc damningly indicts its original architects.

The War Math

Never mind the latest troop surge. The latest Iraq war doc damningly indicts its original architects.

Instant Coverup

Never mind the latest troop surge. The latest Iraq war doc damningly indicts its original architects.

The Sweep

All politics aren't local, it seems.

They Might Be Giants

Who needs the NFL's reigning MVP with receivers this good?

The Few, the Recruits

Who needs the NFL's reigning MVP with receivers this good?

Santiago v. Rumsfeld

Who needs the NFL's reigning MVP with receivers this good?

A Rap on War

Gunner Palace, a new documentary, beholds U.S. soldiers in Iraq. It's TV's M*A*S*H. It's also Apocalypse Now.

Dr. Strangelove

Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $34.95

Incomplete Past

They don't deserve it, but the Seahawks still could have a postseason.

Rummy, Romanism, and Rebellion

Maybe a military coup isn't such a bad idea.

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Also: Ropeadope New Music Seminar, Jesus Christ Superstar, Neue Slovenia Kunst, Dr. Strangelove.

Airbus America

The European plane maker wants to build aerial tankers in the U.S. So Washington state is wooing Airbus to locate here, as it did with Boeing, right? Right? Wrong.

The Home Affront

They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

Save Some Outrage

Mad about Enron? What about Boeing and the UW?

No Moore

Mad about Enron? What about Boeing and the UW?

E Pluribus Stupid

Blame the media for your ignorance? Look in the mirror.

Letters to the Editor

" . . . Bush hasn't offered the Iraqis any money, and Rumsfeld sure as hell isn't going to resign any time soon."

Evil Gone Wild

The messy realities of Abu Ghraib and Neil Goldschmidt.

A Cure for Boredom

The Catheters get curious on their second album.

Buzz

The Catheters get curious on their second album.

Gulf of Talkin'

Valid or not, comparisons to the deviously escalated Vietnam War are hard to dismiss these days.

Politics

Valid or not, comparisons to the deviously escalated Vietnam War are hard to dismiss these days.

Red Dawn

There's growing proof that America lost the Cold War.

The Age of Treason

Just who is selling America out?

Iraq Nam

A new kind of quagmire.

This Week's Reads

Dale Peterson, Ian Christie, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Anthony Bourdain.

Over Our Heads

Should Seattle worry about rogue missile attacks, or the multibillion-dollar program being deployed to stop them?

Dogs of War and Ignorance

Should Seattle worry about rogue missile attacks, or the multibillion-dollar program being deployed to stop them?

Lip Service

Henry Rollins brings the noise.

Springtime for Hitler?

Henry Rollins brings the noise.

An Anti-War Movement of One

A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

Thinking nuclear war

A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

Who Said It?

A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

Who Said It?

A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

Bring back the plumbers!

A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

American ingenuity

A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

Brave new defense world

Thanks to G.W., the troubled missile defense system should boom at Boeing.