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U.S. Army

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Voicing Concerns about Military's Continued Use of Lariam

    On Tuesday Seattle Weekly's Nina Shapiro crafted a post about former top military psychiatrist and current chief clinical officer for the District of Columbia's mental health department Elspeth Ritchie and her questions about the military's continued use of the anti-malarial drug Lariam. These quest ... More >>

  • News

    March 14, 2012

    Lewis-McChord and the Afghan Massacre

    Why the base's "troubles" aren't as unique as some would have you think.

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Do Those 'Troubles' of Lewis McChord Tell Us Anything About Why Sergeant Killed Villagers?

    As if to explain the massacre of villagers in Afghanistan, local and national news media have been telling us - again - that Joint Base Lewis McChord is a "troubled" post, perhaps the worst of U.S. Army bases. But does that tell us anything about why the world-changing mass murder of 16 civilians wa ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2007-2011

    As if to explain the massacre of villagers in Afghanistan, local and national news media have been telling us - again - that Joint Base Lewis McChord is a "troubled" post, perhaps the worst of U.S. Army bases. But does that tell us anything about why the world-changing mass murder of 16 civilians wa ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Afghanistan 2001-2011

    As if to explain the massacre of villagers in Afghanistan, local and national news media have been telling us - again - that Joint Base Lewis McChord is a "troubled" post, perhaps the worst of U.S. Army bases. But does that tell us anything about why the world-changing mass murder of 16 civilians wa ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2003-2006

    As if to explain the massacre of villagers in Afghanistan, local and national news media have been telling us - again - that Joint Base Lewis McChord is a "troubled" post, perhaps the worst of U.S. Army bases. But does that tell us anything about why the world-changing mass murder of 16 civilians wa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 17, 2011

    The Host

    As if to explain the massacre of villagers in Afghanistan, local and national news media have been telling us - again - that Joint Base Lewis McChord is a "troubled" post, perhaps the worst of U.S. Army bases. But does that tell us anything about why the world-changing mass murder of 16 civilians wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    John Shalikashvili Spoke John Wayne English and Campaigned to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

    Shali, 75​It is remarkable enough to have been the first foreign-born soldier to become a four-star General in the U.S. Army. But John Shalikashvili, the pride of Steilacoom who died at age 75 last week following a stroke, was also the draftee who became the military's highest-ranking officer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Q Fever, Livestock Disease/Military Bio-Weapon, Spread by Goats to Humans in Eastern Washington

    ​Five people are sick in the Moses Lake, Wash. area with a livestock-based illness called Q fever. You may not be familiar with the disease, which causes high fevers, and flu-like symptoms in humans. But considering that Q fever is known as possibly the most infectious bacterial pathogen in th ... More >>

  • Film

    June 8, 2011

    Super 8: J.J. Abrams Creates a Nifty Sci-Fi Mystery

    ​Five people are sick in the Moses Lake, Wash. area with a livestock-based illness called Q fever. You may not be familiar with the disease, which causes high fevers, and flu-like symptoms in humans. But considering that Q fever is known as possibly the most infectious bacterial pathogen in th ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 16, 2011

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    ​Five people are sick in the Moses Lake, Wash. area with a livestock-based illness called Q fever. You may not be familiar with the disease, which causes high fevers, and flu-like symptoms in humans. But considering that Q fever is known as possibly the most infectious bacterial pathogen in th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2011

    Jack Hamann

    ​Five people are sick in the Moses Lake, Wash. area with a livestock-based illness called Q fever. You may not be familiar with the disease, which causes high fevers, and flu-like symptoms in humans. But considering that Q fever is known as possibly the most infectious bacterial pathogen in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Bowe Bergdahl, Northwest Soldier Captured By Taliban, Seen Alive in New Video

    ​For nearly 18 months now, Spc. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho has been held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan. He's popped up in videos three other times, sporting Afghan-style clothes and looking thin and sometimes beaten. Now, a new video has surfaced showing Bergdahl. And while he appe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Microsoft Allegedly Refuses to Sell Xbox to U.S. Army

    The ladies of Grand Theft Auto can help provide invaluable military training.​In a time of war, with our soldiers spread thin on two fronts, is there some reason they shouldn't be able to spend their precious R&R back on base killing zombies, bitch-slapping hos, and battling flying dragons in ... More >>

  • Arts

    January 20, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    The ladies of Grand Theft Auto can help provide invaluable military training.​In a time of war, with our soldiers spread thin on two fronts, is there some reason they shouldn't be able to spend their precious R&R back on base killing zombies, bitch-slapping hos, and battling flying dragons in ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2010

    Citizen Action

    An Army vet goes after the officers who held him at ICE.

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2010

    Keith Stern

    An Army vet goes after the officers who held him at ICE.

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2009

    Joshua Morrison

    An Army vet goes after the officers who held him at ICE.

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2009

    Greg Mortenson

    An Army vet goes after the officers who held him at ICE.

  • Arts

    December 9, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

    An Army vet goes after the officers who held him at ICE.

  • Diversions

    November 25, 2009

    Why Do White Americans Buy Into This Reconquista Bullshit?

    An Army vet goes after the officers who held him at ICE.

  • Film

    November 4, 2009

    The Men Who Stare at Goats: George Clooney Can’t Read Your Mind

    An Army vet goes after the officers who held him at ICE.

  • News

    September 9, 2009

    Hi, This Is Nate Robinson: Wake the Hell Up

    The Seattle-bred Knick wants kids to get to school on time.

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Get a Wake-Up Call From Nate Robinson

    ​Seattle native and current New York Knick Nate Robinson--memorably profiled in these pages by Rafe Bartholomew--is never short on energy. If anything, he errs on the side of hyperactivity. (See, e.g., here.) Which makes him as good a candidate as any to record wake-up calls for kids who have ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2009

    Jack Hamann

    ​Seattle native and current New York Knick Nate Robinson--memorably profiled in these pages by Rafe Bartholomew--is never short on energy. If anything, he errs on the side of hyperactivity. (See, e.g., here.) Which makes him as good a candidate as any to record wake-up calls for kids who have ... 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

    August 6, 2008

    Wanted: A few good hippies

    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 >>

  • News

    March 26, 2008

    Lazy B's Other Problem

    Cost increases and delays seem likely for its current U.S. Army project.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2008

    Boeing's Defense Overruns, Cont.

    Cost increases and delays seem likely for its current U.S. Army project.

  • News

    March 5, 2008

    Can NASA Compete With Grand Theft Auto?

    Two Seattle developers are hoping to help it try.

  • Calendar

    December 26, 2007

    Damien Jurado + Josh Morrison + Josh Ottum

    Thursday, December 27

  • Film

    November 7, 2007

    Crossing the Line: What Kind of a Jerk Would Defect to North Korea? Oh…

    Thursday, December 27

  • Arts

    October 17, 2007

    Book Review: The Rest Is Noise

    A critical analysis of composition’s past, from Bernstein to Queen.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2007

    Mike Webb's Dead

    A critical analysis of composition’s past, from Bernstein to Queen.

  • Film

    March 7, 2007

    Toxic Tadpole Attacks in The Host!

    From Korea's U.S.-polluted sewers, a box-office monster shall arise.

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    We Aren't Making This Up

    News events of note for the week of Jan. 25-31.

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Early Boeing's China Roots

    News events of note for the week of Jan. 25-31.

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Out of Iraq

    A conservative's case for ending the war. Now.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    A Rap on War

    Gunner Palace, a new documentary, beholds U.S. soldiers in Iraq. It's TV's M*A*S*H. It's also Apocalypse Now.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2007

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2007.

  • News

    December 3, 2003

    Apocalypse Later

    Don't be scared into thinking America is on the brink.

  • Film

    August 6, 2003

    Buffalo Soldiers, Camp, and More

    Don't be scared into thinking America is on the brink.

  • Film

    June 4, 2003

    This Week at the Seattle International Film Festival

    Buffalo Soldiers, Just Walking Home, and more.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    The War After the War

    U.S. Army documents warn of occupation hazards.

  • Food

    January 1, 2003

    The Seekers

    A willful grape meets its match in Yamhill County, Oregon's winemakers.

  • News

    March 6, 2002

    Buddy's Monday

    A willful grape meets its match in Yamhill County, Oregon's winemakers.

  • News

    December 22, 1999

    Delta's down with it

    The Justice Department and the elite Delta Force pushed for Seattle crackdown against WTO protesters.

  • Music

    March 17, 1999

    Murder ballads

    How war-movie scores capture the zeitgeist.

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