Howard Dean

The Ides of March: Ryan Gosling and George Clooney Make Political Sausage

The Next Punchline in the Culture Wars: Doga

Remember in 2003, when Howard Dean was running for President and was all the rage in our neck of the woods, how those plutocrats at the Club for Growth ran that famous ad in which an elderly couple inveighs that Dean should take his "tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, Sushi-eating, Vo ... More >>

Rahmbo v. Chairman Dean

Remember in 2003, when Howard Dean was running for President and was all the rage in our neck of the woods, how those plutocrats at the Club for Growth ran that famous ad in which an elderly couple inveighs that Dean should take his "tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, Sushi-eating, Vo ... More >>

Black-Eyed Holograms & Fuck-You States

Remember in 2003, when Howard Dean was running for President and was all the rage in our neck of the woods, how those plutocrats at the Club for Growth ran that famous ad in which an elderly couple inveighs that Dean should take his "tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, Sushi-eating, Vo ... More >>

Washington Ties at the DNC

Remember in 2003, when Howard Dean was running for President and was all the rage in our neck of the woods, how those plutocrats at the Club for Growth ran that famous ad in which an elderly couple inveighs that Dean should take his "tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, Sushi-eating, Vo ... More >>

Caucus Season: It's Our Turn

Obama's got an office, Clinton's “grassroots,” and we may actually matter.

Why Our Caucuses Should Be Done Over the Internet

The political activist, and former bassist for Nirvana, blogs every week on the Daily Weekly.

Go, Ron Paul, Go!

The political activist, and former bassist for Nirvana, blogs every week on the Daily Weekly.

The Bicycle Master-Lock Plan?

The political activist, and former bassist for Nirvana, blogs every week on the Daily Weekly.

The Home Front

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

Reinventing the Party Online

Markos Moulitsas Zuniga has managed to do something the Democratic Party has almost always failed to do.

Purple People Eaters

The Democrats cannot gain control of Congress by denigrating the suburbs.

Frog March 2005!

Election messes; secret gulags; monorail meltdowns; flaming hair; Bill, Melinda, and Bono; horse sex; Deep Throat; FEMA failures: It's been a heckuva year.

The Corporation

Zeitgeist Video, $29.99.

The Man Who Invented Ecotopia

Author Ernest Callenbach talks about localism, the future, and the state of Ecotopian ideals.

Rick Anderson's 2004

It was the year of the Rainier Bear, the flu-vaccine 'shortage,' Ichiro, Bill O'Reilly's 'falafel thing,' and, of course, the re-recount.

Raise Above It All

It's a million-dollar monorail campaign, with both sides raking in big bucks.

Arts Picks

Jumpers, David Banner, The Shining, Howard Dean, and Dave Eggers

Red Alert

Jumpers, David Banner, The Shining, Howard Dean, and Dave Eggers

Campaign 2004, The Governor, and Quotes

Jumpers, David Banner, The Shining, Howard Dean, and Dave Eggers

Black Box Backlash

Bev Harris of Renton created a firestorm with her national Internet campaign against electronic voting. Now she's trying to persuade people in the real world that their democracy is on the line.

Letters to the Editor

Bev Harris of Renton created a firestorm with her national Internet campaign against electronic voting. Now she's trying to persuade people in the real world that their democracy is on the line.

What Did I Do in the War?

Bev Harris of Renton created a firestorm with her national Internet campaign against electronic voting. Now she's trying to persuade people in the real world that their democracy is on the line.

This Week's Reads

Sasha Cagen, Paco Underhill, James Shreeve, and Chalmers Johnson.

The Problem With Kerry

He's so—zzzzzzzzzzz ...

Jumping for Joe

The Seattle Times backs Lieberman because other candidates are too honest.

Survivors of the Fray

While most dot-com media experiments failed, Microsoft-backed Slate thrived—though not as first envisioned.

Death by Mixtape

On interweb dorkazoids, retroactive creepiness, and using the sympathy card.

Bush No, Levies Yes

New Hampshires campaign is good news for Dems. And heres reluctant support for Seattles school levies.

Space Cadets

The Sonics stand around, launch three-point shots, and wish for the moon.

Caucus Chaos

Local Democratic leaders complain that preparations for Washington's presidential caucuses are a mess.

Gore Vidal's History Lesson

America the beautiful is now an ugly, megalomaniacal mess.

Nuremberg Candidate

America the beautiful is now an ugly, megalomaniacal mess.

Voting From the Heart

America the beautiful is now an ugly, megalomaniacal mess.

Ace in the Hole

America the beautiful is now an ugly, megalomaniacal mess.

Paranoia Politics

Some Democrats are nuttier than a tin of Almond Roca.

MAMA'S BROWN BAGS

Some Democrats are nuttier than a tin of Almond Roca.

Master and Commander in Chief

Jack Aubrey is Reagan, no Clinton, no Truman, no . . . more political projections on a sea story for our times.

Democratic Quagmire

Jack Aubrey is Reagan, no Clinton, no Truman, no . . . more political projections on a sea story for our times.

Robbie Conal, Umo Ensemble, and More

Jack Aubrey is Reagan, no Clinton, no Truman, no . . . more political projections on a sea story for our times.

Letters to the Editor

"Jeez, years after the election and you can still count on the "Seattle Weakling" to be whinging about Ralph Nader and all those potential Democratic votes that got pissed away."

On the Same Page

Is our local books culture just a liberal echo chamber?

Already, a Hot Campaign

Bush and Dean come to the Northwest, and the passion is palpable.

Ouch, Canada

Our neighbors to the north fire back over my invasion column.

Ouch, Canada

Our neighbors to the north fire back over my invasion column.

May 14-20, 2003

Were talking about four more years of Bush-appointed judges deciding cases brought by John Ashcrofts Justice Department. . . .

ACLU, Meet the NRA

Saving the Constitution is more important than beating Bush.

The Next President

Saving the Constitution is more important than beating Bush.

Letters to the Editor

'... There is nothing worse than a sensational claim that doesn't put the numbers in context. ...'

Letter from Seattle

A British author writes home about a chastened city that belies America's cowboy image.