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  • News

    February 1, 2012

    Howard Schultz's Broken Promise

    How Starbucks' campaign cash is making its CEO look bad.

  • Calendar

    January 25, 2012

    Filastine

    How Starbucks' campaign cash is making its CEO look bad.

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2011

    Band of Horses

    How Starbucks' campaign cash is making its CEO look bad.

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Letters From Belltown, Which Could Be the City's Crown Jewel of a Neighborhood

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Rather than go long on a single issue this week, I thought I'd relay several observations that I've been able to make about the Belltown area of Seattle while I've bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Boeing's Dreamliner Grounded Because of Faulty Italian Part

    ​Boeing's five 787 Dreamliner planes are captives to the tarmac for a few days as engineers re-inspect a part imported from an Italian manufacturer. Brackets on the plane's horizontal tail were incorrectly assembled, which could have led to some in-flight nastiness. That noise you hear is the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Why Are Chicken Feet Staving Off a Trade War? 'Cause They're Tasty.

    ​The New York Times reported yesterday that China and the United States are bumping chests with one another over poultry trade. According to the article, China's threatening to ban U.S. poultry exports because a) the Obama administration is imposing tariffs on Chinese tires and b) the U.S. kee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2009

    The Puppet Show

    ​The New York Times reported yesterday that China and the United States are bumping chests with one another over poultry trade. According to the article, China's threatening to ban U.S. poultry exports because a) the Obama administration is imposing tariffs on Chinese tires and b) the U.S. kee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Free Trade Is Good, Democrats

    It's not often that I find myself agreeing with a former Republican party state chair, but Chris Vance is right that Democrats are headed in the wrong direction on the issue of trade. Clinton and Obama made a lot of noise in the primaries about their opposition to NAFTA, but protectionism is not the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Wine for Christmas? From the Jews, Natch

    It's not often that I find myself agreeing with a former Republican party state chair, but Chris Vance is right that Democrats are headed in the wrong direction on the issue of trade. Clinton and Obama made a lot of noise in the primaries about their opposition to NAFTA, but protectionism is not the ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 24, 2003

    One of a Kind

    Try standing out in the crowd, from top to bottom, with these unique wares.

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    The Petro Bonus

    A neglected loophole in the state tax code.

  • News

    December 8, 1999

    The battle within

    WTO's Third World delegates say labor and environmental standards will hurt the poor.

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    BEETLE-MANIA

    The global economy is also booming for invasive, habitat-wrecking pests. Will the WTO cause even more damage?

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    The Devil's Dictionary of Free-Trade

    The global economy is also booming for invasive, habitat-wrecking pests. Will the WTO cause even more damage?

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