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  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Why It's Worth Teaching Food Criticism to 9-Year Olds

    Grappling for ways to reduce soaring childhood obesity rates, many policymakers have settled on a kind of serfdom solution, reasoning that if kids spend part of the day with their fingers burrowed in fresh soil, they'll develop an unshakeable appreciation for fruits and vegetables. Not everyone is e ... More >>

  • Arts

    August 31, 2011

    Every Day Is Veterans Day

    An Eastside author argues for holistic soldiering and homecoming.

  • Arts

    August 10, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    An Eastside author argues for holistic soldiering and homecoming.

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Copperleaf Chef Developed His Culinary Chops At The French Laundry

    Chef Mark Bodinet digs growing his own herbs.​Chef Mark Bodinet got his start in one of the coolest kitchens on the planet, working for Thomas Keller at the French Laundry in Napa Valley. His commitment to using local, seasonal ingredients continues at Copperleaf, the restaurant at Cedarbrook ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    More on Michael Pollan's $8 eggs and $4 Peaches

    Michael Pollan at Yale. He got extra credit for the t-shirt​Back at the beginning of August, I wrote a somewhat brief and (apparently) very angry post in response to a Wall Street Journal interview with best-selling author and foodie rabble-rouser Michael Pollan. My problem wasn't with the WSJ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    If There Are No Newspapers, What Are We Going to Use as Kindling in Our Barrel Fires?

    With Depression knocking and everyone losing jobs, we'll need newspapers for news--and warmth.  As we await official word from the P-I, today also brings news that the Minneapolis Star-Tribune may file for bankruptcy and Warren Buffet's Buffalo News is offering buyouts to almost 40% of its staf ... More >>

  • News

    April 4, 2007

    Where's the Rift?

    With Depression knocking and everyone losing jobs, we'll need newspapers for news--and warmth.  As we await official word from the P-I, today also brings news that the Minneapolis Star-Tribune may file for bankruptcy and Warren Buffet's Buffalo News is offering buyouts to almost 40% of its staf ... More >>

  • Diversions

    April 12, 2006

    Tom Robbins' Attraction

    Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

  • Arts

    February 8, 2006

    On the Road

    Writer follows a map of the stars to understand America. Warren Beatty for president, mon ami?

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    So Many Bodies Politic

    Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 2005

  • Arts

    September 7, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Nick McDonell, Chris Ayres, and Elina Furman.

  • Arts

    August 17, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Chuck Klosterman, Nick Jans, Blair Tindall, and Marisa Silver.

  • Arts

    March 16, 2005

    Merry Widow, Bacchus

    Chuck Klosterman, Nick Jans, Blair Tindall, and Marisa Silver.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Iraq Flack

    Out of uniform, Control Room's military spokesperson has plenty to say, with even more candor, about how the Iraq war is being reported.

  • Arts

    January 26, 2005

    The Chris Schussler Incident

    Also: Hip-Hop DJ All-Stars, Michael Ian Black and Eugene Mirman, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Childish Film Festival.

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Media on Fallowed Ground

    Also: Hip-Hop DJ All-Stars, Michael Ian Black and Eugene Mirman, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Childish Film Festival.

  • Food

    February 18, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Also: Hip-Hop DJ All-Stars, Michael Ian Black and Eugene Mirman, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Childish Film Festival.

  • Arts

    December 10, 2003

    This Week's Reads

    Katherine Beck, John E. Keegan, and Dora Loewenstein & Philip Dodd.

  • Arts

    November 6, 2002

    Teeth Marks

    A review of the reviews of The Autograph Man.

  • Arts

    October 16, 2002

    Class Clown

    The newest in the "best" shorts competition falls short.

  • Arts

    January 30, 2002

    Book briefs

    A novel that should've stayed a short story; a murder that keeps generating print.

  • Arts

    January 16, 2002

    Book briefs

    A novel that should've stayed a short story; a murder that keeps generating print.

  • Arts

    December 5, 2001

    Book briefs

    A chronicle of smallpox, and a Christmas fable to avoid like smallpox.

  • Arts

    June 6, 2001

    Book Shorts

    A chronicle of smallpox, and a Christmas fable to avoid like smallpox.

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    Read in Heavenly Peace

    Indie bookstores pick the year's best gift

  • News

    October 4, 2000

    Pink ladies

    Do these blondes have more fun, or are they just sluts and bitches?

  • Arts

    May 31, 2000

    Abracadabra

    A novel about magic that could use some more.

  • Arts

    May 10, 2000

    Reservation cues

    He may be a "cultural imperialist," but Sherman Alexie has the talent to back it up.

  • Arts

    November 10, 1999

    Northwest Bookfest 1999 Event Listings

    He may be a "cultural imperialist," but Sherman Alexie has the talent to back it up.

  • Arts

    August 25, 1999
  • Arts

    June 2, 1999

    How 'Bout 'The Lengthy Avenue to My House'? No?

    My most felicitous phrase lives on, with no royalties attached.

  • Arts

    April 28, 1999

    Local brilliance

    The ascension of poet Heather McHugh.

  • Arts

    March 31, 1999

    The Tonic of Limitation

    Sven Birkerts says it's what we can't have that keeps us human.

  • Music

    November 25, 1998

    Pigeonholing a whale

    Sven Birkerts says it's what we can't have that keeps us human.

  • Arts

    September 9, 1998

    Fall Arts Preview - Books

    Sven Birkerts says it's what we can't have that keeps us human.

  • News

    February 25, 1998

    Trying to lock up wedlock

    "Covenant marriage" boosters fight divorce with phony stats.

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