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  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    May Day Violence and Destruction in Seattle (PHOTOS)

    Warnings issued by the City of Seattle and Mayor Mike McGinn proved at least partially accurate today, as a number of the city's May Day demonstrations took on violent and destructive elements. Various reports indicate protesters dressed in black used large stick and pipes to break windows and wreak ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 14, 2012

    Ask a Mexican!

    Warnings issued by the City of Seattle and Mayor Mike McGinn proved at least partially accurate today, as a number of the city's May Day demonstrations took on violent and destructive elements. Various reports indicate protesters dressed in black used large stick and pipes to break windows and wreak ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 19, 2011

    Travelers: Objects of Dream and Revelation

    Warnings issued by the City of Seattle and Mayor Mike McGinn proved at least partially accurate today, as a number of the city's May Day demonstrations took on violent and destructive elements. Various reports indicate protesters dressed in black used large stick and pipes to break windows and wreak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Richard Wilson, Seattle Gambling-Ring Leader and Drug Dealer, Also Supplied Arms to Zapatista Rebels in Mexico

    Image source​Richard Wilson, the alleged mastermind behind a series of speakeasies and underground gambling operations recently busted by Seattle police, has already pleaded guilty to arranging large-scale drug deals with a group of Hondurans. Now, however, it is Wilson's connection to leftist ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

  • Diversions

    December 15, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

  • Diversions

    September 1, 2010

    Be in the Juego, Not of the Juego

    What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Attention Washington: Your Politicians Are Boring

    ​Hey, Washington voters: you're getting screwed! Not because your politicians (or the people who want to be your politicians) are pissing away money or dedicating post offices when they should be passing laws. No, you're getting screwed because your politicians are boring. And since politics, ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2010

    A Report From Juarez, the Bleeding Front Line of the War on Drugs

    ​Hey, Washington voters: you're getting screwed! Not because your politicians (or the people who want to be your politicians) are pissing away money or dedicating post offices when they should be passing laws. No, you're getting screwed because your politicians are boring. And since politics, ... 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 >>

  • Diversions

    January 21, 2009

    What's With the Paper-Thin Steaks, Dude?

    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 6, 2008

    The Hock-ey Mom

    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

    May 21, 2008

    Whatever Happened to Mexico's Charlie Chaplin?

    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

    December 12, 2007

    Why Are the Catholics Always Causing Trouble?

    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 >>

  • Film

    May 30, 2007

    SIFF Week Two: Picks and Pans

    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

    November 1, 2006

    South of the Border

    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

    October 4, 2006

    Jumping Beans

    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 >>

  • News

    November 2, 2005

    Rock, Paper, Scissors

    Nov. 2-8, 2005

  • News

    November 24, 2004

    Is This What Failure Looks Like?

    Five years after the Battle in Seattle, results are mixed. Third World delegates have gridlocked the WTO but in the U.S. anti-globalization organizers have struggled to convert street heat into policy.

  • News

    September 29, 2004

    Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2004

    Five years after the Battle in Seattle, results are mixed. Third World delegates have gridlocked the WTO but in the U.S. anti-globalization organizers have struggled to convert street heat into policy.

  • News

    September 8, 2004

    Voting Is a Patriot Act

    Five years after the Battle in Seattle, results are mixed. Third World delegates have gridlocked the WTO but in the U.S. anti-globalization organizers have struggled to convert street heat into policy.

  • Film

    April 7, 2004

    Don't Start the Martyrdom Without Me

    Everyone's fixin' to die for 90 minutes. Then they do. So why do their deaths matter 168 years later?

  • News

    September 24, 2003

    WTO, No!

    Poorer nations put the brakes on the U.S.-European free-trade juggernaut.

  • Music

    August 27, 2003

    Transglobal Underground

    DJ /rupture splices the world together on his turntables.

  • News

    December 11, 2002

    Dems the Breaks

    Washington's senators ponder the Democratic debacle, Bush's terror card, and—a Bill Clinton bridge to the future?

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Where Have All the Militias Gone?

    A new book about a local militiaman comes out in a changed world.

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Losing track

    A new book about a local militiaman comes out in a changed world.

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    To America, with love

    A new book about a local militiaman comes out in a changed world.

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    The $8 latte

    Why you should pay more for your coffee— and be happy about it.

  • News

    February 20, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Why you should pay more for your coffee— and be happy about it.

  • News

    February 6, 2002

    Hold the waffles

    The government bans all hemp foods, though you'd have to be crazy if they got you high.

  • News

    February 6, 2002

    "The Port of Seattle has forgotten both its mission and its master—the economic welfare of the people of King County."

    The government bans all hemp foods, though you'd have to be crazy if they got you high.

  • Music

    August 1, 2001

    Days of our nights

    The government bans all hemp foods, though you'd have to be crazy if they got you high.

  • Arts

    June 6, 2001

    Karl Marx's Top 25 Reading List for Resurgent Radicalism

    The government bans all hemp foods, though you'd have to be crazy if they got you high.

  • Diversions

    November 1, 2000

    My generation

    Candidates court singles issues voters.

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    Dump Slade!

    Candidates court singles issues voters.

  • News

    August 30, 2000

    Satan for governor

    Candidates court singles issues voters.

  • News

    August 9, 2000

    Gorebot, Shrub, and Ralph

    Candidates court singles issues voters.

  • News

    August 2, 2000

    First at war

    Congressman Jay "Seattle Slew" Inslee is in a horse race with state Senator Dan "Old Dobbin" McDonald.

  • News

    July 26, 2000

    Xtreme straight talk

    Eating babies, picking over bones, and presidential politics.

  • Diversions

    July 5, 2000

    Regrade rocked by ideological assault.

    Eating babies, picking over bones, and presidential politics.

  • Arts

    May 31, 2000

    Labors of love

    Or, how I found myself schmoozing with romance writers in my jammies.

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    "We belong to the planet, WTO. Tread lightly, it's the only one we have."

    Or, how I found myself schmoozing with romance writers in my jammies.

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    The Devil's Dictionary of Free-Trade

    Or, how I found myself schmoozing with romance writers in my jammies.

  • News

    September 15, 1999

    "Why aren't Geov Parrish and his friends sticking up for that single mom? What about her interests, her emotions, and her right to be able to purchase whatever she needs at the best price?"

    Or, how I found myself schmoozing with romance writers in my jammies.

  • News

    February 17, 1999

    Corporate Mardi Gras

    Or, how I found myself schmoozing with romance writers in my jammies.

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Childproof Seattle

    Or, how I found myself schmoozing with romance writers in my jammies.

  • News

    November 11, 1998

    The media and the establishment: one and the same?

    Despite pledges of objectivity, local news executives—even a popular TV anchor—mingle with Seattle's corporate and political elites.

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    Inside out

    The nation's eyes—and the nation's dollars—are on the race between Cammermeyer and Metcalf.

  • News

    June 24, 1998

    News, Inc.

    The nation's eyes—and the nation's dollars—are on the race between Cammermeyer and Metcalf.

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