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South Carolina

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    On Trial: Five Other Things John Edwards Was Completely Unaware of

    Those following national headlines are well aware that former Democratic Presidential candidate and all-around swell guy John Edwards is on trial in North Carolina, accused of violating campaign finance laws by allegedly failing to report roughly $1 million in payments to his former aide Andrew Youn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Mitt Romney's Tax Return: He Buys (and Sells for Profit) Stock in Boeing, Microsoft, Costco

    Local investor​Not unexpectedly, Mitt Romney has invested some of his millions in Boeing and Microsoft stock, according to the Republican presidential candidate's 550 pages of just-released tax returns, and made a tidy profit off the aerospace and software giants. But he's also done well buyin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Occupy Seattle Follows Stephen Colbert's Lead With Citizens United Protest

    After relinquishing control of his super PAC to his pal Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert is officially running for president...of South Carolina. The candidate must be busy, ahem, coordinating his campaign, because he ignored Occupy Seattle's request to appear at their demonstrations this weekend. But d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Tom Colicchio Whiffed a Teachable Moment

    A longtime foe of childhood obesity, Tom Colicchio in 2010 addressed a Congressional committee on the subject of improving school lunches. "I find myself in the slightly surreal position of being able to comment on issues of importance to me to a public willing to listen," he told the legislators. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Going Down at Blue Moon Burgers

    ​Go to any of Blue Moon Burgers' three locations, and you'll find the menu presents many options for building your own burger. For example, the "Protein" section starts with beef but also includes grilled chicken, turkey, salmon, and a couple of vegetarian choices. From years of burger-eating ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2011

    $10-$14

    ​Go to any of Blue Moon Burgers' three locations, and you'll find the menu presents many options for building your own burger. For example, the "Protein" section starts with beef but also includes grilled chicken, turkey, salmon, and a couple of vegetarian choices. From years of burger-eating ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Occupy Seattle Protesters Face Off Against Target in Westlake Park (PHOTOS)

    The two groups who shared Westlake Park today -- Occupy Seattle and Target, a giant corporation they would like to destroy -- competed for the attention of passersby, with demonstrators chanting things like, "Target, you are the target." The retail giant, in an apparent peace offering to the group, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Report: Washington Has More Fat Asses Than Ever

    ​Washington has really let itself go. Sure, back in the '90s we were the fit, bike-riding, trail-hiking forest state that was chock-full of people who either exercised daily in mosh pits or did enough heroin to stay skinny. But according to a new report, we're all a bunch of Fatty McFattersons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Atheist Airplanes to Take Flight This Fourth of July (In States That Allow Such Things)

    ​The group American Atheists has a suggestion for people who are looking for life's answers this Fourth of July: Look to the sky!

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Top 8 Artists (Besides the Bieber) We Have YouTube to "Thank" For

    If you're one of the 544 million people who have been swooned by Justin Bieber's puberty-tickling vocals in the music video for "Baby," the all-time most watched video on YouTube, then congratulations--you essentially gave a 17-year-old boy $65.5 million. Bieber, like the following musicians, fou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Cuba Libres At Bing's, Hold the Cocaine

    Mike Fleming, 2008.​ This Week's Suspect: After a liver-wrenching couple of particularly toxic Legal Speedballs, I decided it was probably in the best interest of my arguments (not to mention my wellbeing) to tone it back a little. While Jägerbombs might encourage antisocial drinking and Tras ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Congratulations, Washington, It's a Congressional District!

    ​The state of Washington gave birth to a brand new baby Congressional district this morning. She's still being weighed and measured (and will be for most of next year) but she's healthy and ready to give Washington an added .002 percent more power in the U.S. House of Representatives.

  • Diversions

    December 15, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    ​The state of Washington gave birth to a brand new baby Congressional district this morning. She's still being weighed and measured (and will be for most of next year) but she's healthy and ready to give Washington an added .002 percent more power in the U.S. House of Representatives.

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Chef Lisa's Advice to Hungry Young Cooks? Stay Humble

    ​Pomegranate Bistro chef Lisa Dupar's new cookbook Fried Chicken and Champagne is jam-packed with upscale comfort food that reflects her Southern roots. We just had to stir the pot and ask her about the challenges of being a woman in the male-dominated world of the professional kitchen. Read p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Patrick Riley of Tennis on Sailing the Atlantic, The Shirelles, Sting Rays, and Stormy Weather

    ​Tonight I'm going to be at the Crocodile checking out the Denver duo Tennis -- I've recently gotten into this band and their sunny vocal harmonies, as heard on beautiful tracks like "Marathon" and "South Carolina," and last week I spoke with half of the band, Patrick Riley (the other half bei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Lisa Dupar's Got a New Cookbook, and It Just Pops

    Lisa Dupar digs her Southern roots.​Lisa Dupar might be the best under-the-radar chef in the region. She's been catering upscale comfort food with a Southern accent for years and her Pomegranate Bistro in Redmond is weekend brunch central for Eastsiders, the fare tasty enough to coax folks fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Some Tuesday Morning Rainy Day Denial Music: Tennis' Marathon EP Cape Dory LP

    Tennis will play the Crocodile on Wednesday, November 17.​I hate this weather. I hate waiting for the bus in the rain and cold. I hate the gray sky. I hate walking my dog in the rain, and when we get home he's wet and smelly. I hate shivering. I guess I could get some new rain boots, suck it u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Bumbershoot Visual Arts Preview, Part III

    ​The Bumbershoot Piece (Orcas Room) I stumble upon visiting artist Jonathan Brilliant as he's photographing his woven wood installation and noshing on his lunch (gorp) from a plastic bag. He moves his tripod to one side of the room and I shift to the other with my crappy iPhone camera, each tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    5 Reasons the Boeing Dreamliner Will Face Even More Delays

    ​Yesterday Boeing announced that the planned delivery of the first Dreamliner to Japanese airline All Nippon would be delayed from the end of this year to early 2011. Boeing attributed the setback--its sixth, according to Business Week--to engine maker Rolls Royce, saying that there are proble ... More >>

  • Food

    July 7, 2010

    Like a Pig in Spit

    Nothing says summer like Stan Phillips' Kansas City 'cue.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 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 Governmen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 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 t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 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 enginee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Election Night '09: Hutchison Puts the Best Face on Things

    ​Party: Susan Hutchison Location: Bellevue Hyatt Mood: Déjà vu all over again. Drink of Choice: Tap water. At home. No one really bothered to stick around long enough to drop significant coinage at the bar. It was all a matter of putting the best spin on bad news. For former KIRO news ancho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 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 Caroli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Attention, Boeing Protectionists: Charleston Not Entirely Overrun By Racist Rubes

    Charleston is serious about preserving the past. How serious? You're looking at their primary mode of transportation.​We -- and by we I mean Caleb -- have been having a ton of fun with Charleston, the South Carolina city enlisted by Boeing to engage in a pot-sweetening duel with the Puget Soun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 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 unio ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    I’m Not That Joe Wilson

    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 unio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 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 ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2009

    Caution: Armed Volunteer Litter Crew Ahead

    Open Carry doesn’t want you in the closet about packing heat.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    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," ... More >>

  • Film

    July 30, 2008

    PICK A Man Named Pearl: A gardener brings beauty to South Carolina

    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," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2008

    McCainia in the New York Times and Beyond: How to Win Press and Influence Voters

    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," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2007

    Mmmmmmm Drop!

    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," ... More >>

  • Music

    October 3, 2007

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

    And onto Wal-Mart's payroll.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2007

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

    And onto Wal-Mart's payroll.

  • News

    May 31, 2006

    How Green Is Your Funeral?

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

  • Music

    February 16, 2005

    Bright Eyes

    Also: Bettie Serveert, Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, Live From the Morning Alternative, and the Marshall Tucker Band.

  • Music

    November 24, 2004

    Highway to Hell

    Seattle's Himsa unleash their fury on an unsuspecting nation—just don't call it 'metalcore.'

  • Arts

    April 28, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Steve Olson, Bret Lott, and Davitt Sigerson.

  • Arts

    March 10, 2004

    Frat-Boy Confidential

    Goat rises above Animal House, but just barely.

  • News

    March 3, 2004

    Attack! Attack! Attack!

    Note to John Kerry: Win first, apologize later.

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    The Perfect Excuse

    When things go wrong, blame it on the storm.

  • Food

    January 22, 2003

    Filet of Soul

    Seattle Southern leaves a lot to be desired.

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Seattle Southern leaves a lot to be desired.

  • News

    November 14, 2001

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

    Seattle Southern leaves a lot to be desired.

  • News

    February 7, 2001

    My father's death

    Seattle Southern leaves a lot to be desired.

  • Diversions

    September 6, 2000

    Evil empires

    He has met the enemies.

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Smoke-filled boom

    Gregoire's campaign is enriched by anti-tobacco lawyers.

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    Campaign '00

    Washington's "beauty contest" primary featured lies, double votes, and confusion.

  • More >>
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