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  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    To Dream the Impossible Dream -- Michael Baumgartner Does

    Kierkegaard once confided in his personal journal that he would have been much happier as a police spy than a philosopher. As for Richard Nixon, he always yearned to be a sportswriter. Then there's young Michael Baumgartner, who appears to have lived a life as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar -- a lif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Police Need New Patrol Cars As Ford Bids Farewell to the Crown Victoria

    ​Ford Motor Co. in April stopping taking orders for the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, which means Seattle police will at some point need to find a new fleet of squad cars. "It's all yet to be determined. We'll be looking around to see what's available," says Seattle Police spokesman Mark ... More >>

  • Film

    May 18, 2011

    SIFF Week 1: Picks & Pans

    ​Ford Motor Co. in April stopping taking orders for the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, which means Seattle police will at some point need to find a new fleet of squad cars. "It's all yet to be determined. We'll be looking around to see what's available," says Seattle Police spokesman Mark ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Narus, Boeing-Owned Company, Is Helping Egyptian Government's Web Crackdown in Cairo

    ​Egyptian police are pulling out all the stops in their attempts to try and squash the mass uprising of protests sweeping through Cairo right now. And besides the high-pressure water cannons, tear gas, and batons, one of the most potent tools being utilized is a crackdown on Internet use. So w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    World Trade Center Beams Arrive - Or Return - to the State that Helped Build, Destroy Towers

    ​Weekend news reports recount the first arrival in Washington state of steel I-beams from the demolished World Trade Center, destined to become part of a Sept. 11 memorial in Kitsap County. It's likely the beams were actually returning to Washington state - made in Seattle by part of the conso ... More >>

  • Music

    August 18, 2010

    Through @ 2: Censorship and Peronis With Gabriel Mintz

    ​Weekend news reports recount the first arrival in Washington state of steel I-beams from the demolished World Trade Center, destined to become part of a Sept. 11 memorial in Kitsap County. It's likely the beams were actually returning to Washington state - made in Seattle by part of the conso ... 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

    October 29, 2009

    Duff McKagan: Surely There Is a Better Way in the Middle East. Even a Rocker Like Me Knows That

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. Check back on Monday when he writes about what's playing on his iPod.​Many may scoff when they see I am writing a pseudo-political piece. Many, too, will likely proclaim that I have no right to take up a pen on a topic as lofty and complex a ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2009

    Sir Richard Bishop: Less Seattle, More Lebanon

    A longtime Seattleite gets out of town and back to his roots in The Freak of Araby.

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    Duff McKagan: Flying On 9/11

    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 >>

  • Film

    April 16, 2008

    Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? : Morgan Spurlock Makes Like Lawrence of Arabia. Not.

    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 >>

  • Film

    January 30, 2008

    Sundance on Steroids

    A Report From This Year’s Fest

  • Film

    January 16, 2008

    Fresh Carnage From Jennifer Garner and Jason Statham

    A Report From This Year’s Fest

  • Film

    September 26, 2007

    The Kingdom: Jennifer Garner Opens a Can of Whup-Ass

    A Report From This Year’s Fest

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    Guest Worker Program Isn't the Labor and Immigration Panacea It's Cracked Up to Be

    Just ask one of nearly 200 Thai workers who have joined in a federal class-action lawsuit.

  • Film

    September 27, 2006

    Free Zone

    Runs at Northwest Film Forum, Fri., Sept. 29–Thurs., Oct. 5. Not rated. 90 minutes.

  • News

    September 13, 2006

    Buzz

    The Weekly names a new editor-in-chief.

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2006

    Seattle's 9/11

    The Weekly names a new editor-in-chief.

  • Film

    April 26, 2006

    Bloody Tuesday

    You don't want to see it, but this important and powerful 9/11 movie demands to be seen, even if no catharsis follows.

  • News

    March 22, 2006

    Graceful Desperation

    You don't want to see it, but this important and powerful 9/11 movie demands to be seen, even if no catharsis follows.

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Chomsky Holds Forth

    You don't want to see it, but this important and powerful 9/11 movie demands to be seen, even if no catharsis follows.

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    'There Is No War on Terror'

    An interview with Noam Chomsky.

  • Film

    November 2, 2005

    Unsure Shot

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

  • News

    August 31, 2005

    Over a Barrel

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

  • News

    August 31, 2005

    98.8 Percent Overhead

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

  • News

    August 24, 2005

    The Drug Issue

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

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Today's Domino Theory

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

  • News

    September 8, 2004

    Voting Is a Patriot Act

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

  • 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

    June 23, 2004

    Long Live the King

    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 24, 2003

    Ace in the Hole

    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

    September 10, 2003

    Two Years, No Answers

    Meanwhile, Bush has exploited the memory of 9/11 victims at every turn.

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    What a Disaster

    Terrorism drills in Chicago (pneumonic plague) and Seattle (dirty bomb).

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Will giving slots to non-tribal casinos solve all of the states woes, no. But will it make the state money, yes!

  • Arts

    March 5, 2003

    Dubya Is for War

    A survey of the current literature of global conflict.

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    An Iraqi Within

    Hussain Alshafei escaped Saddams repression and landed in Edmonds to live the American dream. Now hes accused of illegally funneling money home. Was he merely helping fellow immigrants feed the families they left behind, or engaged in something more?

  • News

    January 29, 2003

    A Port of No Call

    In the name of homeland security, innocent seamen are stranded aboard their visiting cargo ships.

  • News

    August 28, 2002

    The War Against Saddam

    In the name of homeland security, innocent seamen are stranded aboard their visiting cargo ships.

  • 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

    April 17, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    We received an extraordinary number of letters about last week's cover story on the crisis in the Middle East. Some are printed in the paper, and many more appear only on our Web site below. The letters are largely run in their entirety; any factual information they contain has n ... More >>

  • Film

    March 13, 2002

    The hot spot

    Middle Eastern directors delve beneath the headlines.

  • News

    December 19, 2001

    Foreign correspondence

    Middle Eastern directors delve beneath the headlines.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    Religious war?

    Scholars debate the role of religion in bin Laden's campaign against the West.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    Breeding terror

    Scholars debate the role of religion in bin Laden's campaign against the West.

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    ". . . this idiotic idea . . . one more step toward

    Scholars debate the role of religion in bin Laden's campaign against the West.

  • News

    March 28, 2001

    Bombs away

    Scholars debate the role of religion in bin Laden's campaign against the West.

  • News

    July 5, 2000

    Floppy choppers

    The rise and fall of Boeing's military helicopters.

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