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George H.W. Bush

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    State Revisits Measure to End Death Penalty; Remember How Michael Dukakis Handled That Hot Potato?

    Capital punishment foes convene today in Olympia to rally behind a bill sponsored by Sen. Debbie Regala, D-Tacoma, which would put an end to the death penalty in Washington, where 110 executions have been carried out since Jan. 5, 1849, when Cussas and Quallahworst, two Native Americans, were hanged ... More >>

  • Film

    July 13, 2011

    Phase 7: Neighbors Battle Neighbors

    Capital punishment foes convene today in Olympia to rally behind a bill sponsored by Sen. Debbie Regala, D-Tacoma, which would put an end to the death penalty in Washington, where 110 executions have been carried out since Jan. 5, 1849, when Cussas and Quallahworst, two Native Americans, were hanged ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Bill Russell's Resume: After Today, it will Include a Nice Medal from the President

    Russ, with rings​You live long enough, you get to see something like this, a fellow former Seattle Times columnist win the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Bill Russell receives that honor today from Barak Obama. He'll be on the stage with an eclectic panel of recipients including Maya Angelou­ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Political Apathy and Rock Music

    Wouldn't be prudent.​ In contrast to his war-mongering son, it's easy now to think of the first George Bush as a kindly and moderate grandfather, the soul of temperance and prudence. But during his presidency it was a different matter. He was regarded as an evil warmonger, a CIA spook and clan ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2010

    Streetwise He Wasn't

    Noel Lopez didn't stand a chance among downtown's Juggalos and street kids.

  • News

    June 17, 2009

    Nickels’ Hail Mary Is Attached to a Parking Placard

    Tough guys with Grandma’s parking pass face a $250 fine.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Important Questions From 1989

    Come with me to 1989. Tim Burton's Batman was the No. 1 movie of the year. In music, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl spent 10 weeks at the top of the pop charts. George H.W. Bush was president. Charlie Royer was mayor. And the Alaskan Way Viaduct was just fine; we never worried about it.In that same ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    New Diet Scandal Rocks the President-Elect

    I was just reading US Weekly at the gym, and found a shocking expose on the president-elect-ial diet: Obama hates beets. Other, less-trusted sources confirm it's true: "I always avoid eating them," he has reportedly scowled. What! Do you not know what you have wrought? Do you not remember how George ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2008

    Must-Read Palin Essay in Newsweek

    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 >>

  • Film

    October 8, 2008

    Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story: The Guy Who Brought You Willie Horton

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Sarah Palin: Governor. Hockey Mom. Future VPILF?

    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 >>

  • News

    November 14, 2007

    Welcome Aboard Blackwater Airlines

    After a deadly crash, one Washington family tries to bring the notorious military contractor to account.

  • News

    July 4, 2007

    Gov. Gregoire: One Tough Clemency Judge

    For inmates who've truly changed their lives, how long a sentence is enough?

  • Diversions

    April 4, 2007

    Villa's Stolen Skull

    For inmates who've truly changed their lives, how long a sentence is enough?

  • News

    August 23, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    For inmates who've truly changed their lives, how long a sentence is enough?

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2006

    Amphibious Traitors

    For inmates who've truly changed their lives, how long a sentence is enough?

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    The Plan to Nowhere?

    The region's ambitious 10-year timetable to end homelessness is in serious trouble, undercut and underfunded. The Bush administration is sending mixed signals, and things are about to get worse.

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    Discovery's Creation

    A Seattle think tank launched the modern intelligent-design movement with a simple memo. The idea has evolved into a media sensation. And the cause has mutated beyond rational control.

  • News

    November 2, 2005

    Divine Destruction

    'Wise use,' dominion theology, and the making of American environmental policy.

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    Meet Mr. Valerie Plame

    With former Olympic Peninsula carpenter Joseph Wilson in town and news about to break in D.C., here's a rundown of blossoming GOP scandals and what he thinks.

  • Arts

    October 13, 2004

    Now We're Playing Pigball!

    The worst things that the right and left can say about each other are sticking—and selling like hotcakes.

  • Arts

    October 13, 2004

    Easy Writer

    The New York Times' Maureen Dowd makes it so easy to dis Dubya.

  • News

    April 14, 2004

    Gulf of Talkin'

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

  • News

    March 3, 2004

    Attack! Attack! Attack!

    Note to John Kerry: Win first, apologize later.

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    Boeing, Homeland Security

    Note to John Kerry: Win first, apologize later.

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    How Should We Impeach Thee?

    Let me count the ways . . .

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Who Said It?

    Let me count the ways . . .

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    "...you don't know what the hell I'm talking about and every time I've written to explain this very complicated subject, you have not written back."

    Let me count the ways . . .

  • Diversions

    January 10, 2001

    Dubya designees

    Bush names sub-cabinet talent—and himself.

  • News

    October 18, 2000

    No thanks, Ralph

    Bush names sub-cabinet talent—and himself.

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    Campaign '00

    Washington's "beauty contest" primary featured lies, double votes, and confusion.

  • Diversions

    September 29, 1999

    Iraq: hip-hop nation

    George W. & the Funky Bunch take the Desert by Storm.

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