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  • Arts

    May 9, 2012

    Ear Supply: I Will Survive

    An opera premieres at 40.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Hillary Clinton Says She Still Wants to Go to Space (and Some Other More Important Stuff)

    As you may have heard, Hillary Clinton wanted to be an astronaut when she was young. This was long before she got into politics, hooked up with Bill, was publically humiliated by his now-famous cigar tricks, rebounded and became a United States Senator from New York, lost out on a presidential bid t ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 14, 2012

    Ask a Mexican!

    As you may have heard, Hillary Clinton wanted to be an astronaut when she was young. This was long before she got into politics, hooked up with Bill, was publically humiliated by his now-famous cigar tricks, rebounded and became a United States Senator from New York, lost out on a presidential bid t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Traveling Soon? 'Passport Day' Saturday Can Help You Skip the Stress

    Got a passport? Plenty of people wait until the last minute and are surprised when the application process sometimes takes as long as six weeks. Normally you'd have to wait to make an appointment first, but you're in luck, Seattle, because we've found a shortcut to get you that little blue ticket t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Jason Puracal, UW Grad Imprisoned in Nicaragua, Gets Fresh Political Support for His Release

    ​Jason Puracal is not the next Amanda Knox. He unfortunately doesn't have that kind of sex appeal. But his story is every bit as important, and it's getting more and more attention from some very powerful people.

  • Food

    November 2, 2011

    A Little Raskin: Gelt by Association

    Seattle Jews work for more ethical Hanukkah candy.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Seattle Leads Charge for Fair-Trade Chanukah Gelt

    ​The chocolate coins that Jewish parents give their children on Chanukah can be big or small, and wrapped in silver or gold foil. But almost all gelt is made from chocolate grown by child slaves, Seattle abolitionists say. According to Robert Breiser, Repair the World director at the Universi ... More >>

  • Diversions

    August 3, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    ​The chocolate coins that Jewish parents give their children on Chanukah can be big or small, and wrapped in silver or gold foil. But almost all gelt is made from chocolate grown by child slaves, Seattle abolitionists say. According to Robert Breiser, Repair the World director at the Universi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Jason Puracal, Tacoma Man Jailed In Nicaragua, Is There On Bogus Charges, Says Ex-FBI Agent

    ​Jason Puracal and his supporters are hoping for someone, anyone, to take interest in his plight. Locked in a Nicaraguan jail cell on charges of money laundering and drug trafficking--charges he strongly denies--the 34-year-old Tacoma-raised man and his friends and family have tried and failed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    King County Judge Michael Heavey Demands Obama Investigate State Department's Failure to Protect Amanda Knox

    ​Add King County Superior Court Judge Michael Heavey to the list of people who think that Amanda Knox's conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher is a sham. In fact, not only does Heavey think Knox was wrongfully convicted, he thinks the U.S. State Department utterly failed in its mission ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Cynthia Stroum, Obama Mega-Donor and Ambassador to Luxembourg, Back in Seattle After Shamed Resignation

    ​There are few cushier jobs in U.S. diplomacy than an ambassador post in Luxembourg (The Bahamas, maybe?). In fact, It took venture capitalist and Seattle native Cynthia Stroum raising about $500,000 for Barack Obama's 2008 campaign in order for her to land the job as a reward. Unfortunately, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    NYT: U.S. Diplomats Work Like "Marketing Agents" For Boeing

    ​The holidays are over. But the November 28 WikiLeaks diplomatic cable dump is the gift that keeps on giving. The latest present was unwrapped by The New York Times in a story published Sunday. It seems that when it comes to multibillion-dollar commercial and military airplane deals, U.S. gove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    WikiLeaks Supporters Try to Hack Amazon, Settle For PayPal Instead

    ​"Anonymous Operations," the unofficial name of an unofficial group of internet hackers looking to seek revenge against websites that they think have wronged WikiLeaks, had planned on attacking Amazon today in a move called "Operation Payback." But apparently the Seattle-based company was a bi ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Asylum Denied

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Painkiller Overdose Deaths Up Sharply in Washington

    ​King County has a prescription pain medicine problem. That much we know from a study conducted by the University of Washington's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute. Last year, the Institute reported that 60 percent of the drug-related deaths in King County in 2008 involved prescription painkill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Warped Reality Dept.: Queen of Jordan Receives Humanitarian Award at Microsoft the Same Week Elvis Costello Cancels Shows in Israel

    The queen, accepting accolades in Redmond.​Target Practice is our daily aim at a hypocritical politician, worthless law, or random nincompoop who deserves a bit of buckshot in the backside. The Middle East is a very complicated place and no one's wearing hats that are all white or all black. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Skillet, Portage Bay, Bad Albert's Among Restaurants Being Sued by State for Back Taxes

    ​Over at the Daily Weekly, Laura Onstot reports that several beloved area restaurants, including Bad Albert's, Skillet Street Food, Bluwater Bistro, Taqueria Jalisco, and the Portage Bay Cafe's South Lake Union location, are being sued by the state in an attempt to collect tens of thousands of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Beware Garage Sale Poisonings

    These poor bargain shoppers have no idea the dangers that await themSummer brings many perils: stray fireworks, chafing, and--apparently--accidental overdoses from stuff found at garage sales. So says the Washington Poison Center in a release sent out yesterday. It says that if you're looking to hol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    SIFF Galas--Worth the Price?

    Not owning a television, it's a shame how many good shows I miss. One, The Thick of It, ran only a few seasons on the BBC. Its star, Peter Capaldi (at left) plays a foul-mouthed and thoroughly frightening Scotsman at a British government ministry. We've all heard of the Boss From Hell. Well, Capald ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2009

    Khaki Jumpsuits Are the New Black

    Washington's prisons may add insult to injury by stopping Bugle Boy, Ralph Lauren, and Levi at the gate.

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Cost-cutting Prisons Say It's Back to Uniforms

    The economic crisis has prompted just about every government agency to cut costs both big and small. There's so much going on that we obviously don't know the half of it, and the process is just beginning as Gov. Christine Gregoire presents her stark budget to the Legislature. State Department of C ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Enlightened Bureaucrats Won’t Tax Yoga

    Score one for the Yogis. Not that we’re keeping score.

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Yoga Will Now Be Tax-Free in Washington State As Well As Fashionable

    (Photo of Russell Simmons via PerezHilton.com, natch) Earlier this month, a great cry of anguish went up among the otherwise tranquil and impassive practitioners of yoga, when they learned that the State Department of Revenue was going to start levying a sales tax on yoga classes. Can you imagine? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Debating Debate

    (Photo of Russell Simmons via PerezHilton.com, natch) Earlier this month, a great cry of anguish went up among the otherwise tranquil and impassive practitioners of yoga, when they learned that the State Department of Revenue was going to start levying a sales tax on yoga classes. Can you imagine? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Afternoon Edition, Redneck Edition: Car Crashes, Handguns and Sissy Liberals

    (Photo of Russell Simmons via PerezHilton.com, natch) Earlier this month, a great cry of anguish went up among the otherwise tranquil and impassive practitioners of yoga, when they learned that the State Department of Revenue was going to start levying a sales tax on yoga classes. Can you imagine? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2008

    Boy George denied U.S. Visa

    (Photo of Russell Simmons via PerezHilton.com, natch) Earlier this month, a great cry of anguish went up among the otherwise tranquil and impassive practitioners of yoga, when they learned that the State Department of Revenue was going to start levying a sales tax on yoga classes. Can you imagine? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2008

    Start Savin' Up, Flexcar Faithful

    (Photo of Russell Simmons via PerezHilton.com, natch) Earlier this month, a great cry of anguish went up among the otherwise tranquil and impassive practitioners of yoga, when they learned that the State Department of Revenue was going to start levying a sales tax on yoga classes. Can you imagine? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2008

    Flexcar Tax Exemption all but Dead

    (Photo of Russell Simmons via PerezHilton.com, natch) Earlier this month, a great cry of anguish went up among the otherwise tranquil and impassive practitioners of yoga, when they learned that the State Department of Revenue was going to start levying a sales tax on yoga classes. Can you imagine? ... More >>

  • News

    November 14, 2007

    Welcome Aboard Blackwater Airlines

    After a deadly crash, one Washington family tries to bring the notorious military contractor to account.

  • Film

    September 19, 2007

    Seattle Weekly PickThe Devil Came on Horseback: Darfur, Still on Our Conscience

    After a deadly crash, one Washington family tries to bring the notorious military contractor to account.

  • News

    February 28, 2007

    Dubious Diplomacy

    Slade Gorton says that 28-year-old Seattle grocer Koshin Mohamed is an official Somali representative to the U.S. But the State Department says otherwise.

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    The Muhammad Cartoon War

    It ain't so funny when fundamentalism is in your face.

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    When Presidents Lie

    It ain't so funny when fundamentalism is in your face.

  • News

    March 2, 2005

    State Politics, Activism, The City, Media

    It ain't so funny when fundamentalism is in your face.

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    The New Abolitionists

    Freeing 'sex slaves' is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped?

  • Food

    July 14, 2004

    Other Fish in the Sea

    So why are you still eating toothfish?

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    Culture Shocks

    A dangerous world visits Seattle to market its love of American tourists.

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    A Democracy Worth Reclaiming

    An interview with former ambassador to Iraq Joseph Wilson. He's down on our foreign policy but upbeat about America.

  • News

    January 29, 2003

    A Port of No Call

    In the name of homeland security, innocent seamen are stranded aboard their visiting cargo ships.

  • News

    March 20, 2002

    Who Said It?

    In the name of homeland security, innocent seamen are stranded aboard their visiting cargo ships.

  • News

    February 27, 2002

    Press passing

    In the name of homeland security, innocent seamen are stranded aboard their visiting cargo ships.

  • News

    August 15, 2001

    Maine malaise

    In the name of homeland security, innocent seamen are stranded aboard their visiting cargo ships.

  • Music

    June 13, 2001

    The Culture Bunker

    In the name of homeland security, innocent seamen are stranded aboard their visiting cargo ships.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    High-flying crime

    Boeing's latest fine sends its corporate rap sheet soaring to $100 million in the last three years.

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    Scrap this cabinet

    Boeing's latest fine sends its corporate rap sheet soaring to $100 million in the last three years.

  • News

    August 2, 2000

    Answering WTO's big questions

    We've sifted through the documents, heard the testimony, and read the reports: Here's our take on what went wrong in the streets of Seattle.

  • News

    July 26, 2000

    The Beast in your Backyard

    The battle against nuisance critters gets personal

  • News

    July 5, 2000

    Divided they stand

    Mayor Schell and Pat Davis play the WTO blame game.

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    A wing and a dare

    Afraid to talk money with the feds before the WTO, City Hall crossed its fingers—and lost.

  • News

    July 22, 1998

    Vive indie film!

    Afraid to talk money with the feds before the WTO, City Hall crossed its fingers—and lost.

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