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January 4, 2012
Lame Duck Governor Chris Gregoire Now Backs Gay Marriage
In a move unlikely to earn her a mention in Profiles in Courage, Gov. Chris Gregoire now wants to legalize gay marriage in Washington. "I can't sit here any longer and say it's OK to discriminate," Gregoire said at a news conference in Olympia today. "My church, all the churches, can exercise their ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2011
Hunt Club Creates a Wedge of Conflict
There's been a lot of change lately at The Hunt Club. Remember a couple of years back when the restaurant did an Iron Chef-like contest to pick its new head chef for the kitchen? The winner, Matthew Mina, stayed in the position for about five months before moving on to the Salish Lodge. The current ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2011
Costco Farm Pig Abuse Documented in Horrific Video
Pssst! Wanna ruin your day? Here's a video produced by the animal-rights group Mercy for Animals which shows a bunch of pigs getting thrown around, castrated, kicked, and otherwise abused at Iowa Select Farms in Kamrar, Iowa--a farm that supplies "Swift" brand pork to Costco.
Calendar
April 6, 2011
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Pssst! Wanna ruin your day? Here's a video produced by the animal-rights group Mercy for Animals which shows a bunch of pigs getting thrown around, castrated, kicked, and otherwise abused at Iowa Select Farms in Kamrar, Iowa--a farm that supplies "Swift" brand pork to Costco.
Arts
February 16, 2011
The Sign Savant: Meet the Guy Who's Painted Half of West Seattle
Pssst! Wanna ruin your day? Here's a video produced by the animal-rights group Mercy for Animals which shows a bunch of pigs getting thrown around, castrated, kicked, and otherwise abused at Iowa Select Farms in Kamrar, Iowa--a farm that supplies "Swift" brand pork to Costco.
Blogs
January 6, 2011
Marcus Dennis, Scheduled to Be Sentenced Tomorrow in Street-Kid Murder, Was Never "Abused and Tortured," Mom Says
Courtesy King 5Marcus Dennis and Steven Bauder, two young men who lived among downtown's Juggalos and street kids, are scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow in the brutal beating death of a troubled art-school dropout named Noel Lopez. It's likely that the defendants' lawyers will try to make th ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2010
Snow Turns Seattle Into Cedar Rapids for a Day
Want to know what it's like to commute to work in the sleepy, frigid metropolis of Cedar Rapids, Iowa? What are you waiting for? Hit the road! After the city's post-Snowpocalypse road-salting strategy failed miserably Monday, leading to comically long commutes in a "storm" that Midwesterners ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2010
Words No Music Writer Should Ever Use Again
The other day my editor told me not to use a particular word in a story because he was "allergic to clichés." (The word was "magic.") After I finished crying and soaking my head in a warm bucket of Epsom salt, I started thinking about what else should be retired from music writing. This is ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2010
It Just Gets Worse(r): Egg Recall Expanded Again
Last week, it was 228 million eggs. Then it rose to 320 million. Then 380 million. Over the weekend, it crossed the half-billion mark and, as of today (or at least as of right this minute) the recall of potentially salmonella-tainted eggs stands at a whopping 550 million eggs. And that is... ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
It Gets Worse: More on Wright County's 380 Million Tainted Eggs
Grist.org, via Lewiston, Maine Sun-JournalJack DeCoster: Rotten EggAs already reported here on Voracious yesterday, the FDA issued a recall for 380 million eggs because of Salmonella infections. Most of the eggs, some of which have made their way into Washington state, come from one company: ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2010
Eggs Will F#@&ing Kill You: Friday Food Freak-Out Comes A Day Early
Yeah, that's a lot of eggsMy original choice in using Friday as my day to write about all the various food recalls and terrible environmental news was not arbitrary or just a nice bit of alliteration. No, the Friday Food Freak-Out became a Friday thing because Friday is the day that all compa ... More >>
News
July 28, 2010
Battle of the Booze
Competing privatization initiatives offer more questions than answers.
Blogs
May 25, 2010
U2 Postpones Qwest Date, Maldives "Purple Sage," and Earth's Oldest Record Store
-- SeaTimes: The Maldives' Jason Dodson discusses the band's SIFF-commissioned, live soundtrack to the silent film, "Riders of the Purple Sage." The band will be performing the soundtrack along with the film at the Triple Door Tonight. -- USA Today: Bono's gonna need a couple months to recov ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2010
HSUS Takes on Big Ag Over Animal Welfare
This week's feature story, "Down on the Farm," chronicles an increasingly heated national battle over "factory-farmed" food. On one side: a phalanx of corporation- and family-owned farms across the country. On the other: the Washington, D.C.-based Humane Society of the United States.Caught in the mi ... More >>
Calendar
October 21, 2009
Tom Arnold
This week's feature story, "Down on the Farm," chronicles an increasingly heated national battle over "factory-farmed" food. On one side: a phalanx of corporation- and family-owned farms across the country. On the other: the Washington, D.C.-based Humane Society of the United States.Caught in the mi ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2009
Staph-Infected Pigs, Mini Cattle, and Other Food News
Food news stories from around the country:U.S. Pigs and Farmers Carry MRSA by Andrew Schneider (P-I): 45 percent of pigs and pig farmers tested in Iowa and Illinois carry methicillin-resistant staph -- something that has been talked about for a few years but only proven in the Netherlands. Are the U ... More >>
Calendar
October 1, 2008
Marilynne Robinson
Food news stories from around the country:U.S. Pigs and Farmers Carry MRSA by Andrew Schneider (P-I): 45 percent of pigs and pig farmers tested in Iowa and Illinois carry methicillin-resistant staph -- something that has been talked about for a few years but only proven in the Netherlands. Are the U ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2008
The Greenest Building is No Building
Food news stories from around the country:U.S. Pigs and Farmers Carry MRSA by Andrew Schneider (P-I): 45 percent of pigs and pig farmers tested in Iowa and Illinois carry methicillin-resistant staph -- something that has been talked about for a few years but only proven in the Netherlands. Are the U ... More >>
Calendar
March 19, 2008
Kernel of Truth
The sordid tale of your favorite vegetable
Blogs
February 28, 2008
Prefab Housing for Poultry
The sordid tale of your favorite vegetable
News
February 6, 2008
Why Do We Still Have Caucuses?
Regular voters still don't know how they work.
Blogs
January 31, 2008
Sucking Caucus
Regular voters still don't know how they work.
Blogs
January 4, 2008
Hillary's on the Ropes
Regular voters still don't know how they work.
News
January 2, 2008
Rating the Local Stops by Presidential Hopefuls
We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.
Blogs
December 14, 2007
Huckabee Suddenly Mr. Popularity
We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.
Film
November 14, 2007
King Corn: Death on the Cob!
We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.
Calendar
August 15, 2007
Marilynne Robinson
Books
Music
April 4, 2007
Rocket Queen
God save the queen.
Blogs
December 18, 2006
MS Exec: I Love Mac
God save the queen.
Blogs
December 14, 2006
Eastsiders: Why Cross the Bridge for Bulk Spices?
God save the queen.
Diversions
September 20, 2006
Barbed Wire
This week: pregnant teens and interrracial romance.
Arts
April 19, 2006
The Ominivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
It's the foodie Guns, Germs, and Steel.
Food
April 5, 2006
Sustainable Scene
We know Twenty-five for $25 is problematic. So what's the solution? by laura cassidy
Diversions
October 26, 2005
Goodbye
We know Twenty-five for $25 is problematic. So what's the solution? by laura cassidy
Diversions
April 21, 2004
Action!
We know Twenty-five for $25 is problematic. So what's the solution? by laura cassidy
News
January 28, 2004
Bush No, Levies Yes
New Hampshires campaign is good news for Dems. And heres reluctant support for Seattles school levies.
Food
September 10, 2003
Market Fresh
New Hampshires campaign is good news for Dems. And heres reluctant support for Seattles school levies.
Arts
June 11, 2003
Brief Encounters: Gone Are the Days
Also: Cardenio, Double Down, and Claudia Kelly's 500 Hats.
Food
May 21, 2003
Veggies, Wine, and Copper River Salmon
Also: Cardenio, Double Down, and Claudia Kelly's 500 Hats.
Music
August 7, 2002
Rhymes with Seltzer
Also: Cardenio, Double Down, and Claudia Kelly's 500 Hats.
News
June 26, 2002
The Ask Master
Also: Cardenio, Double Down, and Claudia Kelly's 500 Hats.
Food
April 3, 2002
Camp fire
The Southwesternization of Northgate.
Arts
November 22, 2000
Girl power
Stories of the Midwest's darker side.
Diversions
September 6, 2000
Evil empires
He has met the enemies.
Food
April 19, 2000
Chips ahoy!
The Fish 'n' Chips Shacks of Shilshole Bay
Arts
February 9, 2000
Ahn Guard
A lively sister act shakes up chamber music.
News
February 9, 2000
Savage crimes
A lively sister act shakes up chamber music.
News
January 12, 2000
Money for nothing?
A lively sister act shakes up chamber music.
Arts
December 8, 1999
Ready (w)to wear
The city that brought flannel from the mosh pit to the runway debuts a riot of a new spring line.
News
June 9, 1999
Gunning amok
The city that brought flannel from the mosh pit to the runway debuts a riot of a new spring line.
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