Subject: South Carolina

• The Obama Speech

  March 18, 2008

• Huckabee Suddenly Mr. Popularity

  December 14, 2007

• 2007 Blue Angels Crash: Pilot's Abs Not Tensed

  January 14, 2008

• Mmmmmmm Drop!

  October 9, 2007

• Last Night: The Apples in Stereo, Casper & the Cookies, and the Explorers Club at Neumo's

  March 30, 2007

• Child Rapists are not Eligble for Capital Punishment, High Court Rules

  June 25, 2008

• Ex-Chief Comes to Phelps' Bong Defense

  Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper does a bong hit of sorts for Olympic medalist Michael Phelps in a piece on Huffington Post. Stamper tells a South Carolina sheriff he's wrong to believe the law demands he arrest Phelps on a drug violation. The sheriff's state law says law enforcement "may," not "must," arrest violators, Stamper notes. That's pretty much the deal everywhere. "Cops," writes Stamper, "understand that without the discretion granted them in law they'd be paralyzed, unable to

  February 10, 2009

• Tyler Ramsey

  Tuesday, April 29

  April 23, 2008

• Can Somebody Please Remind Ben Bridwell What Got Band of Horses This Far?

  October 3, 2007

• How Green Is Your Funeral?

  Low-cost, do-it-yourself, eco-conscious burial options.

  May 31, 2006

• Bright Eyes

  February 16, 2005

• Highway to Hell

  November 24, 2004

• This Week's Reads

  April 28, 2004

• Oystermania

  March 24, 2004

• Frat-Boy Confidential

  March 10, 2004

• Attack! Attack! Attack!

  March 3, 2004

• Filet of Soul

  January 22, 2003

• Rhymes with Seltzer

  August 14, 2002

• Rhymes with Seltzer

  August 7, 2002

• "In a masterful stroke of Orwellian doublespeak, [Bush] associates theocracy-loving terrorists with atheists."

  November 14, 2001

• The Hot Sheet

  September 26, 2001

• The pivot man

  August 29, 2001

• My father's death

  February 7, 2001

• Bigotry as law

  October 25, 2000

• Evil empires

  September 6, 2000

• The Patriot

  June 28, 2000

• Smoke-filled boom

  April 5, 2000

• Campaign '00

  March 1, 2000

• The privacy shell game

  February 2, 2000

• A private gathering

  December 15, 1999

• Latest developments in the privacy wars

  September 15, 1999

• Slaw: The Backbone of Every Cookout

  According to Ben Friedman of Homegrown Sandwiches in Fremont the secret to good slaw starts with the best ingredients. He says, "Slaws break down so much over their one to three day curing that if you don't start with the freshest cabbage, carrots, fennel, etc., you'll end up with something soggy. The magic balance is to get the deep flavor that comes with curing over time and maintaining the crunch." For their South Carolina slaw, named such because it relies on vinegar and mustard just like

  July 2, 2009

• I'm Joe Wilson, But Not THAT Joe Wilson!

  ​ Normally, when an aspiring public officeholder who's just launched a Facebook page gets an early rush of followers, it's a great sign (just ask Barack Obama). But not so with Snohomish County Superior Court judicial candidate Joe Wilson (pictured at left). If that name sounds familiar, it's because there's another guy who's been in the news of late named Joe Wilson: The South Carolina Congressman/Michael Bloomberg doppelganger who heckled the President during his health-care address last

  September 10, 2009

• I’m Not That Joe Wilson

  September 16, 2009

• Bad News for Boeing, Vol. XIV

  ​Last week Boeing filed for building permits in South Carolina, with Gov. Chris Gregoire seemingly resigned to the fact that Dreamliner production may eventually fly east. Now today comes a one-two punch of more bad news. Just as demand is decreasing for its 747, so too is the cost to make it. It doesn't take an MBA to add up that equation, and the result is a $1 billion hit to earnings. But wait, there's more!

  October 6, 2009

• Seattle Blogs: Boeing Follows Apple to China?

  The Lazy B's future head of security.​Today's bloggy bits brought to you by the letter "B." - Is Boeing's possible shift to South Carolina the most Doomsday of all Doomsday scenarios? HorsesAss bets $1 million yuan that it's not. - Bleacher Report says nuts to this year, let's make a Seahawks' wish-list for 2010. - Is Susan Hutchison cagey enough to kill light rail by supporting it? Seattle Transit Blog isn't sure, but it's wary.

  October 21, 2009

• Boeing Source to Times: Dreamliner Likely Headed for South Carolina

  Oh Dreamliner, we hardly knew ye.​No matter your thoughts on South Carolina -- whether they be reasonable and nuanced or stereotypical and just-for-yuks -- it seems Boeing has made up its mind. According to Dominic Gates in today's Seattle Times, talks between Boeing and their machinist's union are effectively over, leaving the southern state the likely destination for the aerospace giant's Dreamliner jet. Gates' source says the union wants to keep talking, Boeing doesn't. An announcement

  October 28, 2009

• Boeing, South Carolina, and the Race to the Bottom

  Buh-Bye​Boeing's announcement that it will locate its 787 final-assembly plant in South Carolina has led to predictable condemnation of Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire. It seems she just didn't do enough to kowtow to the aerospace giant. Republicans, who portray themselves as stout protectors of the public purse when it comes to, say, funding basic health care, cast those concerns to the wind when it's time to bribe big corporations. Republican State Rep. Mike Hope of Lake Stevens angri

  October 29, 2009

• Did Boeing Just Save Mark Sanford's Job?

  America's most-fireable man may have just been saved by a bunch of machinists from Washington.​The saga of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has been the political-theater hit of the year. Were it to qualify for nomination, it'd sweep the Tonys. As you may recall, Sanford skipped town for a week and told everyone he was hiking the Appalachian trail when he was really sleeping with his Argentinian mistress in Buenos Aires. Out of the resulting fall-out, there seemed to be one thing of w

  October 30, 2009

• Sen. Lindsey Graham Thinks Boeing Chose South Carolina Beacuse of its Manners

  Don't let the elementary school crossing guard look fool you: Sen. Lindsey Graham knows how to play hard ball.​A couple days after Boeing's decision to locate its second 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Charleston it seems everyone has a different opinion on why the jet maker chose South Carolina. That includes Senator Lindsey Graham, the man described as the go-between connecting state officials and Boeing. As Andy Shain at The State reports, Graham described his brokering approach as a "

  November 2, 2009

• Boeing's Race to the Bottom

  November 4, 2009

• Olympia Legislators: Screwed No Matter What They Do on Labor Issues

  Being a donkey has its challenges.​Managing the conflicting agendas of labor and business--both of them critical campaign contributors--is always a contortionist exercise in the state legislature. But it's likely to be even more uncomfortable in the state house this coming session. As today's Seattle Times reports--echoing stories that have been in the media all year--there's been a major falling-out between the usually-cozy state Democrats and labor unions. Labor donations to Democratic

  November 11, 2009

• Terrified South Carolinians Will Be Ruled by Boeing Overlords Now Equipped With Lasers!

  ​You want Boeing? You want those low-paying, non-union jobs building the new 787 Dreamliner? Well guess what else you get, South Carolina? Drone-killing lasers, that's what! Bow down to your new corporate rulers, give them more tax breaks, or they will incinerate you with a device so fearsome they actually call it MATRIX (the acronym for Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments). Seriously. Your terrified state residents will now be governed by the MATRIX! And if you do

  November 19, 2009

• GM Hands Boeing Perfect Opportunity to Restore Company Goodwill

  Saab--to be reborn from a maker of jets?​We, along with every other editorial voice in the Northwest, have repeatedly bashed Boeing for opting to build its 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina. But now struggling General Motors is handing Boeing a perfect PR gesture to earn the goodwill of engineers, motorists, and plane lovers throughout the region. Desperately in need of cash, beyond the government bailout money it's already received, GM has been selling off brands like Hummer, Opel, and Sat

  November 24, 2009

• Dubai Debt Threatens Boeing

  Dubai, the very picture of modesty and moderation, feels the credit crunch.​Have global economy. Have global economic problems. Boeing's recent move to South Carolina may have saved the jet-maker a couple bucks on non-union labor. But it looks like that money might be needed immediately now that the Middle East's Disnelyand-for-the-rich appears to be dead broke. Dubai just asked for a six-month IOU on a $60 billion debt. News that's troublesome for a host of global companies, including t

  November 27, 2009

• Bellingham Pulls a Good Gotcha on Oregon, But It May Not Be Enough to Keep NOAA Jobs in Seattle

  noaa.govThe Okeanos Explorer in Seattle earlier this year. Headed for a floodplain in Oregon?​Last August, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it would be moving its Pacific Marine Operations Center from Lake Union to Newport, Ore. in 2011. But yesterday the Government Accountability Office--the internal auditors of the federal government--said not so fast.

  December 3, 2009

• Bellingham's Gotcha on Oregon

  December 9, 2009

• Holiday Shopping: New Cookbooks from Local Restaurants

  ​This week, I posted a list of Seattle food writers who released holiday-present-worthy books in 2009. Three local restaurants came out with cookbooks this year, too:

  December 10, 2009

• We're No. 36! Washington Narrowly Beats DC in National Happiness Ranking

  What's the matter, Washington? Still bummed about the election results?​Of course you are familiar with the Oswalt/Wu index of life satisfaction. The two scientists have published a paper in Science magazine (see abstract), based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and UCLA research, that surprisingly places Louisiana first among our 50 states--plus the District of Columbia--and New York last. Is this because hurricanes make people happy (or the excess drinking and

  December 22, 2009

• Is Boeing Responsible for the End of the Filibuster?

  Does any image better typify "filibuster" than the unhinged cartoon politician in front of an old-school mic?​Excuse me for missing this when it first came out. But in November, the Washington Post's Ezra Klein interviewed filibuster expert Greg Kroger on what he thought contributed to the downfall of the most theatrical, speechifying feature of this here Democracy. The University of Miami political scientist's answer? Air travel. Kroger says that filibusters take time. And a Senator's ti

  January 19, 2010