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George Washington

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Buy Now! Vial of Ronald Reagan's Blood Residue Being Auctioned Because Capitalism is King

    The irony is rich. Like, GOP rich. With a vial purported to contain the blood "residue" of deceased U.S. President Ronald Reagan being auctioned off by Channel Islands online auction house PFCAuctions, the Associated Press reports that the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is seriously pissed a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Celebrate Your Right to Drink on Repeal Day

    Booze-lovers around the country know that December 5 is Repeal Day, the anniversary of the ratification of 21st Amendment. On this day in 1933, the 18th Amendment--the one enacted in 1920 banning the production, sales and consumption of alcohol in these United States--was repealed. Our nation's lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Raise the Red Lantern for Cartoon Network's China, IL

    With quirky animator/cult internet sensation Brad Neely's China, Il and the International District's Red Lantern on this week's tray, one particular question stands tall between the presumably inaccessible properties: are they worth the trouble?

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    New Gulf War Illness Findings Reflect Difficulty Troops Have Proving Injuries Aren't Imaginary

    ​As this week's 393-obituaries-long print edition underscores, death is one of the ways of keeping score in America's wars. But as we reported in 2004 and detailed in a book, Home Front: The Government's War on Soldiers, it's the lesser-noticed post-war toll that truly determines the country' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Comment of the Week: You Are a Communist

    ​Whether you know it or not, you're probably a communist. I learned that I was shortly after I posted a story about how the Tea Party Patriots group is trying to have an obscure, ultra-right-wing interpretation of the U.S. Constitution taught to students nationwide. I was told by a commenter t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Tea Party Patriots Want Idaho's Uber-Christian Take on the Constitution Taught to Kids Nationwide

    ​Constitution Week may be four months away, but it's never too early to try and hone the indoctrination message that the nationwide event will hammer into America's children. First out of the gate are the Tea Party Patriots. The Georgia-based conservative group doesn't want just any Constituti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Charles Habermann, Palm Springs $3 Million Trust Fund Owner, Arrested for Threatening to Kill WA Rep. Jim McDermott

    ​There's a good chance that Charles Habermann is wishing he'd threatened the life of Rep. Jim McDermott several months back and not a few weeks before Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting in Tucson over the weekend. Sure, he'd still be in a world of shit for it, but with the country's mood as it ... More >>

  • Diversions

    December 8, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    ​There's a good chance that Charles Habermann is wishing he'd threatened the life of Rep. Jim McDermott several months back and not a few weeks before Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting in Tucson over the weekend. Sure, he'd still be in a world of shit for it, but with the country's mood as it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Kinky Friedman on Barack Obama, the Girl He Knew In Seattle and Why It's Only Natural for a Jew to Be Against the Death Penalty

    ​Kinky Friedman is not like you. You are not like Kinky Friedman. Which is part of the reason why you should go see him play at the Triple Door tonight -- his first visit to Seattle in he-forgets-how-many decades. Because Friedman actually lives up to that cliche you hear bandied about all the ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    A New Seal

    A tapeworm will replace George Washington if one gadfly gets his way.

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Initiative Would Put Tapeworm on State Seal

    ​Despite their mutual hairlessness, tapeworms and George Washington have never had much in common. Not until Initiative 1609, that is. The initiative, which Jim Vaughn of Orting filed in February, would replace Washington's head on the state seal with a spiffily-dressed tapeworm attached to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Chasing the White Dog: a Book Review

    "Chasing the White Dog" gets a bit bogged down by NASCAR.​My taste buds are tired. My tongue has needed a vacation ever since I met your mom, so after last week's sushi debacle , I thought I'd take a break from tasting anything and read a book for a change. I recently reported on Drinking L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Angry Washington Resident Proposes Awesome Change to State Seal

    Borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring.​State seals are boring. Which is why retired military officer Jim Vaughn has a fantastic idea for sprucing up Washington's. Instead of a silly old drawing of George Washington, Vaughn has suggested the seal depict a tapeworm dressed in a three-piece suit att ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    I've Been Listening to Leonard Cohen, Monsters of Folk, and The Rolling Stones

    Krist Novoselic is a regular contributor to Reverb. His column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.​Leonard Cohen - "Passing Through," Live Songs: Cohen strolls through time and encounters historical figures. He's got a question for Jesus, Adam, George Washington, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Now Hanging: Tony de los Reyes @ Howard House

    If you're going after the great white whale, so to speak, it might as well be Moby-Dick. Melville's world of mid 19th-century whaling is the direct inspiration for the works collected in "The Prophet," by Los Angeles artist de los Reyes. His oil-on-linen paintings are dark and tarnished, with the pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2009

    Tony de los Reyes

    If you're going after the great white whale, so to speak, it might as well be Moby-Dick. Melville's world of mid 19th-century whaling is the direct inspiration for the works collected in "The Prophet," by Los Angeles artist de los Reyes. His oil-on-linen paintings are dark and tarnished, with the pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2009

    strawberryluna

    If you're going after the great white whale, so to speak, it might as well be Moby-Dick. Melville's world of mid 19th-century whaling is the direct inspiration for the works collected in "The Prophet," by Los Angeles artist de los Reyes. His oil-on-linen paintings are dark and tarnished, with the pa ... More >>

  • Film

    November 5, 2008

    Bush on Film: Will He Have a Screen Life After W.?

    If you're going after the great white whale, so to speak, it might as well be Moby-Dick. Melville's world of mid 19th-century whaling is the direct inspiration for the works collected in "The Prophet," by Los Angeles artist de los Reyes. His oil-on-linen paintings are dark and tarnished, with the pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2008

    Beach Burner Bingo

    If you're going after the great white whale, so to speak, it might as well be Moby-Dick. Melville's world of mid 19th-century whaling is the direct inspiration for the works collected in "The Prophet," by Los Angeles artist de los Reyes. His oil-on-linen paintings are dark and tarnished, with the pa ... More >>

  • Film

    March 19, 2008

    Snow Angels: Somebody's Out to Kill Kate Beckinsale!

    If you're going after the great white whale, so to speak, it might as well be Moby-Dick. Melville's world of mid 19th-century whaling is the direct inspiration for the works collected in "The Prophet," by Los Angeles artist de los Reyes. His oil-on-linen paintings are dark and tarnished, with the pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    NYT Discovers Exciting Seattle Neighborhood/Trend

    If you're going after the great white whale, so to speak, it might as well be Moby-Dick. Melville's world of mid 19th-century whaling is the direct inspiration for the works collected in "The Prophet," by Los Angeles artist de los Reyes. His oil-on-linen paintings are dark and tarnished, with the pa ... More >>

  • Food

    January 9, 2008

    Before There Was Bourbon, There Was Applejack

    No, not the cereal, but perfectly appropriate before noon.

  • Diversions

    October 10, 2007

    I Saw His Hairy Legs. I'm Just Saying.

    No, not the cereal, but perfectly appropriate before noon.

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2007

    Does SAM Know What This Chinese Artifact Says?

    No, not the cereal, but perfectly appropriate before noon.

  • Arts

    April 18, 2007

    Query and Antiquary

    Answering the intricate call of Dawn Cerny.

  • Arts

    May 3, 2006

    The Home Front

    Do we have to hate America in order to get out of Iraq? Two new titles provide a perspective.

  • Arts

    September 7, 2005

    Minus Space

    Do we have to hate America in order to get out of Iraq? Two new titles provide a perspective.

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Gore Vidal's History Lesson

    America the beautiful is now an ugly, megalomaniacal mess.

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Crippled Home Front

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is being targeted for billions in cuts. Evidently, President Bush's support for the troops doesn't include their health care.

  • Film

    April 2, 2003

    All the Real Girls: Rubes in Love

    Hick-town romance is treated a little too seriously.

  • News

    January 29, 2003

    "There is more to equitable, interactive living than merely packing areas full of different ethnicities."

    Hick-town romance is treated a little too seriously.

  • Film

    August 28, 2002

    Growing Uneasy

    Affecting, e-mail-heavy teen drama launches three-week Japanese cinema series. But was junior high really that bad?

  • Arts

    March 27, 2002

    Sissy civilization

    Pat Buchanan cowers before a bunch of brown hippie homo wimps.

  • Arts

    March 6, 2002

    Stand and "problematize"

    SAM's new curator Lisa Corrin says she won't take blockbuster shows sitting down.

  • Film

    March 6, 2002

    A.I.

    SAM's new curator Lisa Corrin says she won't take blockbuster shows sitting down.

  • Film

    January 2, 2002

    2001'S 10 Best

    Year-end tally strives to resist Oscar®-marketing juggernaut.

  • News

    June 13, 2001

    Big daddy

    Just in time for Father's Day, a writer contemplates his child-free existence by adopting five for a day.

  • Film

    February 14, 2001

    River's edge

    Children uneasily prepare to cross the divide into adulthood.

  • Film

    December 27, 2000

    Flashback 2000

    The 10 best films (though just barely).

  • Film

    June 28, 2000

    The Patriot

    Mel saves the Republic to protect his family.

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    Campaign '00

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

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    M. L. King-maker

    Can Larry Gossett's plan for a new county logo make it in the post-695 world?

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    BEST OF SEATTLE, 1899

    A hundred years of attitude.

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