Pakistan

Oh - And About That Other War

Unnoticed Milestone: 3,500

The War Math

Anti-Obama Virus Hits Home

The New Austerity

SW's misery index for the formerly affluent Seattleite.

Beirut-Bombay Express

Cedars plays the fusion card and takes the pot.

We Don't Live Here Anymore

Plus: The Clay Bird, Father and Son, My Sister Maria, Seducing Dr. Lewis, and Without a Paddle.

This Week's Reads

James Frey and Amitava Kumar.

Daniyal Mueenuddin

James Frey and Amitava Kumar.

Super Furry Man-imal

What your father won’t tell you about keeping a beard.

Breeding terror

What your father won’t tell you about keeping a beard.

Visual Arts Calendar

What your father won’t tell you about keeping a beard.

Firewater

Tuesday, June 3

Food & Beverage News

Tuesday, June 3

Take Two: There Is an Embedded Thriller in a Mighty Heart

Tuesday, June 3

Cross-Cultural Conundrum

Tuesday, June 3

Brave New World

Amadou & Mariam's modern inspirations.

Britons Behind Bars

Whether innocent or guilty, this arresting post-9/11 docudrama shows, one size of orange-jumpsuit justice fits all.

War Crimes in Crayola

Children depict the atrocities of Darfur in crayon.

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Opens Fri., Jan. 20, at Metro and Meridian

Now More Than Ever

Local and international charities need your help.

Facing Our Losses - Afghanistan

Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

When Freedom Is Academic

The postcolonial U.S. Congress wants a say in the curricula of postcolonial studies.

Blood Bath

The postcolonial U.S. Congress wants a say in the curricula of postcolonial studies.

Visual Arts Calendar

The postcolonial U.S. Congress wants a say in the curricula of postcolonial studies.

Con Fusion

It all started with chop suey, and it hasn't stopped yet.

Gorton Answers 9/11 Call

The former senator says his big-time law practice won't be a conflict: 'I don't have a lot of clients.'

Thinking nuclear war

The former senator says his big-time law practice won't be a conflict: 'I don't have a lot of clients.'

Star wars battle

Four experts debate missile defense.

Watered down

It's precious, poetic, and essential—so why are we wasting it?

Shooting blanks

It's precious, poetic, and essential—so why are we wasting it?

Weathering the Storms of Life

Marianne Wiggins braves the elements, in life as in fiction.

Homing in on the roost

Are American-made missiles destined to target American planes?

Legal Tandoor

Garam Masala clears up America’s complex relationship with Indian food.

Greg Mortenson

Garam Masala clears up America’s complex relationship with Indian food.

Health Care Scams Alive and Well in Washington

We've all seen ads like this one. Usually they come on in the middle of the day, when only the unemployed, or those people sick enough to DVR "Judge Judy," are watching. Everything about the commercial screams "too good to be true." The greenscreened shot in front of the Capitol dome. The America ... More >>

Krist Novoselic: Rock & Roll Jihad, and the Unifying Power of Led Zeppelin

Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​Junoon--which in the Urdu language means passion--is the name of the Pakistani band led by Salman Ahmad. Ahmad's new autobiography, Rock & Roll Ji ... More >>

Read It Or Repeat It

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​The more books about history I read, the more I see history repeating itself. I have been reading fiction as of late, but it's when I read good historical nonfiction t ... More >>

Empathizing With "Draw Mohammed Day" Cartoonist's Stance Against Censorship

​Reader Luther Bissett responds to Molly Norris, "Draw Mohammed Day" Cartoonist, Didn't Mean to Start Controversy. "Though her attempt at satire was a bit misguided (and all too easy to take literally), I empathize with Molly's stance against censorship. She just should have realized that a d ... More >>

Madhur Jaffrey

​Reader Luther Bissett responds to Molly Norris, "Draw Mohammed Day" Cartoonist, Didn't Mean to Start Controversy. "Though her attempt at satire was a bit misguided (and all too easy to take literally), I empathize with Molly's stance against censorship. She just should have realized that a d ... More >>

Four Lions: The Lighter Side of Suicide Bombing

​Reader Luther Bissett responds to Molly Norris, "Draw Mohammed Day" Cartoonist, Didn't Mean to Start Controversy. "Though her attempt at satire was a bit misguided (and all too easy to take literally), I empathize with Molly's stance against censorship. She just should have realized that a d ... More >>

Predator Drone Now Patrols U.S./Canadian Border

​Don't worry about the small, white aircraft flying around the U.S./Canadian border. It's just an unmanned predator drone. You know--the same robot aircraft that are currently raining death upon our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Humaira Abid

​Don't worry about the small, white aircraft flying around the U.S./Canadian border. It's just an unmanned predator drone. You know--the same robot aircraft that are currently raining death upon our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

​Don't worry about the small, white aircraft flying around the U.S./Canadian border. It's just an unmanned predator drone. You know--the same robot aircraft that are currently raining death upon our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Bhutto: The Pakistani Politician's Tragic Life and Death

​Don't worry about the small, white aircraft flying around the U.S./Canadian border. It's just an unmanned predator drone. You know--the same robot aircraft that are currently raining death upon our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Bhutto

​Don't worry about the small, white aircraft flying around the U.S./Canadian border. It's just an unmanned predator drone. You know--the same robot aircraft that are currently raining death upon our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Kim Barker

​Don't worry about the small, white aircraft flying around the U.S./Canadian border. It's just an unmanned predator drone. You know--the same robot aircraft that are currently raining death upon our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Afghan Cuisine's Thanksgiving Parallel

The international language of leftovers.

Paul Simon's 'Getting Ready For Christmas Day'

Paul Simon's "Getting Ready For Christmas Day" -- from So Beautiful or So What, one of my top albums of 2011 -- takes on special meaning this time of year, for obvious reasons. But it's also worth nothing that, thankfully, his "nephew" should be enjoying turkey dinner home with his family this yea ... More >>