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  • Music

    April 4, 2012

    Ring My Belle: And Play the Right Anthem!

    Sometimes it's harder to do than it sounds.

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Ring My Belle: And Play the Right Anthem!

    Rachel Belle contributes the "Ring My Belle" segment to 97.3 KIRO FM's Ron and Don Show, weekdays at 4:37 and 6:37, Saturdays at 1 p.m, and Sundays at 11 a.m. By Rachel Belle Picture this: It's Opening Day for the Mariners, the uniforms are clean and crisp, fans have winning on their minds and hot ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2007-2011

    Rachel Belle contributes the "Ring My Belle" segment to 97.3 KIRO FM's Ron and Don Show, weekdays at 4:37 and 6:37, Saturdays at 1 p.m, and Sundays at 11 a.m. By Rachel Belle Picture this: It's Opening Day for the Mariners, the uniforms are clean and crisp, fans have winning on their minds and hot ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2003-2006

    Rachel Belle contributes the "Ring My Belle" segment to 97.3 KIRO FM's Ron and Don Show, weekdays at 4:37 and 6:37, Saturdays at 1 p.m, and Sundays at 11 a.m. By Rachel Belle Picture this: It's Opening Day for the Mariners, the uniforms are clean and crisp, fans have winning on their minds and hot ... More >>

  • News

    September 14, 2011

    Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Speeding Ticket

    The fender-bender that possibly nudged the 9/11 mastermind toward terror.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Exclusive: 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 1984 U.S. Arrest Record

    Khalid Sheikh Mohammed​Seventeen years before 9/11, terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was a 19-year-old engineering student in North Carolina who found most Americans to be "debauched and racist." His stint in two N.C. schools -- first at tiny, Baptist Chowan College, and then at N. ... More >>

  • Food

    March 23, 2011

    Taco Time's Mexi-Lies

    They're tater tots, OK? But whatever they're called, they're awesome.

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Taco Time, Patron of the Arts

    ​Fast food restaurants are known for a lot of things. Cheap grub, hilarious drunken moments at the drive thru, questionable quality-control standards, horrific inventiveness, value meals. One thing they're not generally known for? Being patrons of the arts. Sure, I've seen them sponsor sports ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Army Charges Three More Fort Lewis Soldiers With War-time Murders of Afghan Civilians

    ​Update: The Army claims its accused soldiers, who could face the death penalty, killed civilians with grenades. More below. Five Stryker troops have now been charged in the deaths of three civilians in Afghanistan between January and May. The Army announced Wednesday that Pfc. Andrew Holmes, ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2010

    Why Waits?

    A murder-suicide involving two former SPU classmates shocks the killer’s acquaintances, save for one.

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Lessons Unlearned: The Pentagon's New Report on the November Massacre at Fort Hood Echoes Findings From The May Murders at Camp Liberty

    ​This morning's Pentagon report on the November massacre by Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, who faces court martial at Fort Hood, sounds in a repetitive way like the Pentagon report on the May massacre by Army psychiatric patient John Russell, who faces court martial at Fort Lewis. "It ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Ex-Green Beret and War Correspondent Michael Yon Arrested at SeaTac for Not Reporting His Salary

    Michael Yon says he was arrested at SeaTac for not telling "border bullies" how much money he made.​UPDATE: A spokesman from U.S. Customs and Border Protection says there are two sides to every story. Details after the jump. Airport security is a big deal these days. But since when has report ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Tomorrow Night: It's LaRue's Time (Finally) to Shine

    LaRue performs Sat., Nov. 7 at the Vera Project. Doors at 7:30 p.m.​It's been a long time coming, but, finally, local MC LaRue will be making his live debut as a headliner tomorrow at the Vera Project in support of the release of his mixtape, LaRue or the Streets. (Show starts at 7:30 p.m. For ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Tragedy of "The Commons" Averted? Microsofties Get to Keep Pub, Kinda

    Beer Taps by Bruno Girin, used under Creative Commons 2.0 license.After an intense battle, it appears Microsofties will be able to get microbrewies on tap at their Redmond campus. The Commons, the software company's giant, all-purpose shopping/recreation center, opens today. It's kinda like a Vegas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Local MC LaRue releases MP3

    Local MC LaRue has released "Rise Up," a cut from his still-in-the-works album, Back to the Old Me. Dude has an aggressive revolutionary flair reminiscent of Dead Prez, but I suspect he's influenced more by his life than he is by the works of other politically-minded MCs. In an email sent to me ove ... More >>

  • News

    October 15, 2008

    Comments

    Cats--indoors or out? Plus: An Iraq War vet speaks out.

  • News

    September 24, 2008

    Go to War, Get Traumatized, Get the Boot

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Film

    February 13, 2008

    Rambo: Sly Stallone as National Icon

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Food

    December 12, 2007

    Martha, Gingerbread, and a Gift for Foodies

    Selections from Voracious, our food blog.

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    A Timely, Responsible Holiday Gift for Foodies

    Selections from Voracious, our food blog.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2006

    Live From Fort Lewis

    Selections from Voracious, our food blog.

  • Film

    August 16, 2006

    An Inconvenient Truth, Part 2

    Al Gore's got company: Werner Herzog would also like to remind you the Earth's falling to pieces. Not that that's such a bad thing. By Brian Miller

  • Diversions

    August 2, 2006

    Critics' Picks

    Arts & Entertainment

  • Arts

    June 21, 2006

    Media Matters

    A visceral look at the press' role in the first Gulf War.

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    When Presidents Lie

    A visceral look at the press' role in the first Gulf War.

  • Film

    November 2, 2005

    Unsure Shot

    How a kid became a killer, almost, during the frustrating first Gulf War.

  • Arts

    September 7, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Nick McDonell, Chris Ayres, and Elina Furman.

  • Arts

    June 29, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Jennifer Cox, Peter Fenton, and Alicia Erian.

  • Arts

    April 27, 2005

    Saya Moriyasu, Paper Politics

    Jennifer Cox, Peter Fenton, and Alicia Erian.

  • News

    December 22, 2004

    Rummy, Romanism, and Rebellion

    Maybe a military coup isn't such a bad idea.

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Veterans Day Address to the Nation

    A suggested speech for the president.

  • News

    October 6, 2004

    Lionesses of Iraq

    In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

  • News

    August 18, 2004

    Meet the Mono Bidder

    Cascadia Monorail is led by construction giant WGI and Fluor, a federal contractor with a record of civil penalties and cost overruns.

  • Film

    July 28, 2004

    Fahrenheit 9,011

    Sacrilege? No, for once a remake makes sense—and will make more people mad than Michael Moore.

  • News

    July 14, 2004

    The Home Affront

    They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2008

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2008.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2004

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2004.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2003

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2003.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses

    Here's one measure of the cost of fighting terrorism and liberating Iraq and Afghanistan: 395 with Washington state connections are dead.

  • News

    August 20, 2003

    The War Hits Home

    As they laid Justin Hebert to rest, it was hard to square the death of the 20-year-old with what we know now about the invasion of Iraq.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    War Correspondence

    How local news outlets are covering the conflict.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    The Fire Last Time

    As weapons and tactics evolve, war's toll on the environment is of increasing concern.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    Is the Peace Movement Dead?

    Looking for the left after 9/11.

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Flappuccino

    Arabs boycott Starbucks.

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    The Phish Factor

    Trying to understand why so many lefties support Palestine.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    Boeing's war

    Will growth in military business offset the decline in commercial jet building?

  • News

    March 28, 2001

    Bombs away

    Will growth in military business offset the decline in commercial jet building?

  • News

    September 22, 1999

    Death to the highest bidder

    Will growth in military business offset the decline in commercial jet building?

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Best Bites

    Will growth in military business offset the decline in commercial jet building?

  • News

    May 12, 1999

    Solid as an '88 Sable

    Boeing's Apache helicopters are lying low in Kosovo.

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