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  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    The "Final Business" of Josh Powell Included Fetching Gasoline and a Hatchet

    Josh Powell carefully planned his horror show, a fiery inferno that on Sunday afternoon killed his two boys and himself and left behind shattered family members. According to The Seattle Times, the Tacoma News Tribune, and other media outlets, Powell dropped off toys and books at Goodwill over the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    The Unlikely Reason the Recession Is Killing Legal Aid for the Poor

    With the nation mired in the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to virtually zero in hopes of spurring economic growth. While generally regarded as a sensible and effective strategy, the tactic has had the unintended consequence of crippling hundreds of non-profit organizati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Genesis of a Medical-Marijuana Raid: Asst. U.S. Attorney's E-Mail to Crooked Cop Roy Alloway Asking for "Dirt"

    ​Five months before members of the West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team (WestNET) burst into medical-marijuana activist Steve Sarich's home in Everett, then Assistant U.S. Attorney Janet Freeman sent an e-mail to now-convicted dirty cop Roy Alloway asking him if he had any "dirt" on Sarich an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Nathan Myhrvold Unveils World's Awesomest Cookbook, and Tells Us to Stop Cremating Pork Chops, at Modernist Cuisine Launch Party

    ​Five months before members of the West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team (WestNET) burst into medical-marijuana activist Steve Sarich's home in Everett, then Assistant U.S. Attorney Janet Freeman sent an e-mail to now-convicted dirty cop Roy Alloway asking him if he had any "dirt" on Sarich an ... More >>

  • Diversions

    June 16, 2010

    What Gives with the Douche Fixation?

    ​Five months before members of the West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team (WestNET) burst into medical-marijuana activist Steve Sarich's home in Everett, then Assistant U.S. Attorney Janet Freeman sent an e-mail to now-convicted dirty cop Roy Alloway asking him if he had any "dirt" on Sarich an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    I Am a Freak for the Giving of the Holiday Season

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what's circulating through his iPod every Monday.​I love Christmas. I get dewy every year when my family and I watch It's a Wonderful Life. When I was single and my life was upside-down in my 20s, I would cry when I watched t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Alabama Sen. Mark Pryor's Plan to Make Health Care Better by Making it More Like Amazon

    Alabama Sen. Mark Pryor's amendment allows insurance companies to be rated by the public.​The last time you bought something off Amazon, chances are you scrolled down to the user comments before clicking your way towards checkout. Sure, some of them were profane and unhelpful. But for the most ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    A Child Left Behind

    The near-starvation of a teenage girl in Carnation is just the latest case in which the state has failed to protect endangered kids.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Washington Likes Its Drugs

    ​Hempfest may be done, but Washington's toking is not--as evidenced by this set of charts (h/t Horse's Ass) from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, published in the New York Times Economix blog. Washington ranks 7th in the country in illicit drug use. Funny thing, though--despite our ... More >>

  • News

    July 5, 2006

    Form, Meet Function

    ​Hempfest may be done, but Washington's toking is not--as evidenced by this set of charts (h/t Horse's Ass) from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, published in the New York Times Economix blog. Washington ranks 7th in the country in illicit drug use. Funny thing, though--despite our ... More >>

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Fatal Flu

    A historic pandemic like that of 1918 is likely, perhaps as soon as this winter, and unless you're a health or government worker, no one's planning to save you.

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    Scrap this cabinet

    A historic pandemic like that of 1918 is likely, perhaps as soon as this winter, and unless you're a health or government worker, no one's planning to save you.

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    A private gathering

    A historic pandemic like that of 1918 is likely, perhaps as soon as this winter, and unless you're a health or government worker, no one's planning to save you.

  • News

    May 19, 1999

    PacMed: A clean bill of health?

    The state auditor's narrow focus missed the worst details of this cozy, insider deal.

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    The GOP forces a stalemate in the House, but some lucky bills might sneak by.

    The state auditor's narrow focus missed the worst details of this cozy, insider deal.

  • News

    December 23, 1998

    Cruel and Unusual Therapy

    Chronic neglect and abuse of the mentally ill continues at Western State Hospital.

  • News

    October 7, 1998

    Inner networkings

    Chronic neglect and abuse of the mentally ill continues at Western State Hospital.

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