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U.S. Marine Corps

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Capt. William Swenson, Seattle Medal of Honor Nominee, Still Without Award While Winner Dakota Meyer Staves off Claims of Exaggeration

    Swenson​The news is that Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer earned his Medal of Honor in Afghanistan, but not the way the Marines say he did. Details were unnecessarily embellished and fabricated, McClatchy Newspapers report. The scent of scandal not only tarnishes Meyer's medal but makes it more likely ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2007-2011

    Swenson​The news is that Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer earned his Medal of Honor in Afghanistan, but not the way the Marines say he did. Details were unnecessarily embellished and fabricated, McClatchy Newspapers report. The scent of scandal not only tarnishes Meyer's medal but makes it more likely ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Afghanistan 2001-2011

    Swenson​The news is that Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer earned his Medal of Honor in Afghanistan, but not the way the Marines say he did. Details were unnecessarily embellished and fabricated, McClatchy Newspapers report. The scent of scandal not only tarnishes Meyer's medal but makes it more likely ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2003-2006

    Swenson​The news is that Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer earned his Medal of Honor in Afghanistan, but not the way the Marines say he did. Details were unnecessarily embellished and fabricated, McClatchy Newspapers report. The scent of scandal not only tarnishes Meyer's medal but makes it more likely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Michael McCright, Seattle Ex-Con Charged with Running Marines Off Road, May Also Have Connection to JBLM Terror Plot

    ​In the weeks before Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif and Walli Mujahidh were arrested and charged with plotting a gun and grenade attack on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Abdul-Latif got three important phone calls from a man named Michael McCright. The calls were, and are, important because Mr. McCright i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2011

    Rye Barcott

    ​In the weeks before Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif and Walli Mujahidh were arrested and charged with plotting a gun and grenade attack on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Abdul-Latif got three important phone calls from a man named Michael McCright. The calls were, and are, important because Mr. McCright i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2010

    Hail the Conquering Hero

    ​In the weeks before Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif and Walli Mujahidh were arrested and charged with plotting a gun and grenade attack on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Abdul-Latif got three important phone calls from a man named Michael McCright. The calls were, and are, important because Mr. McCright i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Marine Evan Sanchey, Out of the Danger Zone

    Evan Sanchey, a war survivor​As he headed back home to the Yakima area last week, young Evan Sanchey could say he'd had his share of dangerous moments. That day a few years back, for example, when he ate a snake on a bet. Or - after graduating from the Yakama Nation Tribal School in 2006, wher ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    A.M. Music News: Suge Knight Kanye, Taliban Metallica, and M.I.A. Gaga

    M.I.A.​-- MTV: M.I.A. on Lady Gaga: "None of her music's reflective of how weird she wants to be or thinks she is. She models herself on Grace Jones and Madonna, but the music sounds like 20-year-old Ibiza disco, you know?" -- Rolling Stone: The Rolling Stones' "Plunder My Soul" -- one of the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2010

    Hypatia Lake

    M.I.A.​-- MTV: M.I.A. on Lady Gaga: "None of her music's reflective of how weird she wants to be or thinks she is. She models herself on Grace Jones and Madonna, but the music sounds like 20-year-old Ibiza disco, you know?" -- Rolling Stone: The Rolling Stones' "Plunder My Soul" -- one of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    SIFF Review: talhotblond

    The title of this fascinating true-crime documentary from upstate New York is a screen name: "talhotblond" meaning a tall, hot blonde, all of 18 years old. And her sexy jailbait photos are posted while trolling game rooms, leading to cyberchat and more. The guy who falls for her goes by the handle " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    So When Does the Party Really Start?

    The sky is still gray, the air still tastes the same and the sun will still set this evening. Yet even after this historic inaugural celebration, ushering in the 44th President of the United States, things just don't seem any different today than they did twenty-four hours ago.Attending the Seattle ... More >>

  • Diversions

    October 15, 2008

    These Books Don't Cost a Thing

    The sky is still gray, the air still tastes the same and the sun will still set this evening. Yet even after this historic inaugural celebration, ushering in the 44th President of the United States, things just don't seem any different today than they did twenty-four hours ago.Attending the Seattle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Shack Shaking Weekend Show Suggestions For You And Me, Friday Edition

    The sky is still gray, the air still tastes the same and the sun will still set this evening. Yet even after this historic inaugural celebration, ushering in the 44th President of the United States, things just don't seem any different today than they did twenty-four hours ago.Attending the Seattle ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2008

    The Corner feat. Indijinis

    Friday, September 26

  • News

    September 24, 2008

    Go to War, Get Traumatized, Get the Boot

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Burial and a Birthday

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    2007 Blue Angels Crash: Pilot's Abs Not Tensed

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Film

    October 10, 2007

    Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

    Woody Harrelson Is Swarmed by Fag Hags!

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2007

    Oh - And About That Other War

    Woody Harrelson Is Swarmed by Fag Hags!

  • Film

    September 19, 2007

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

    Woody Harrelson Is Swarmed by Fag Hags!

  • Film

    March 28, 2007

    The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez

    Dying for a green card in Iraq.

  • Diversions

    February 7, 2007

    Ask a Mexican

    An incredibly crass column from a columnist who's pretty crass to begin with.

  • Film

    October 18, 2006

    Print the Legend

    Clint Eastwood strips away the myths surrounding the Greatest Generation.

  • Film

    August 30, 2006

    The Cult of the Suicide Bomber plus reissues of Double Indemnity and Kicking & Screaming.

    The dangers of foreign oil dependency the dangers of Barbara Stanwyck are compared.

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    Senators, Lawyers & Choppers

    Neocons can't claim Scoop Jackson, says his son; and bikers will be bikers, especially when there are guns involved.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2006

    Thursday Telegraph Room

    Neocons can't claim Scoop Jackson, says his son; and bikers will be bikers, especially when there are guns involved.

  • Arts

    December 7, 2005

    Can Do! And Did.

    Action-hero Marine plays archaeological detective in Iraq.

  • Film

    November 16, 2005

    Last Steps

    Dance documentary movingly captures ballet greats before their final curtain.

  • Film

    November 2, 2005

    Unsure Shot

    How a kid became a killer, almost, during the frustrating first Gulf War.

  • Film

    November 2, 2005

    Anthony Swofford

    The author of Jarhead discusses its movie adaptation.

  • News

    August 31, 2005

    Home Front Casualties

    Murders and suicides by military personnel might be part of the Iraq war toll.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    From Crater to Paradise

    Another local soldier is mourned.

  • News

    April 27, 2005

    Onward, Secular Soldiers!

    America's Christian invasion of government should be a call to arms for those on the right, on the left, and in the center.

  • News

    October 6, 2004

    Lionesses of Iraq

    In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

  • News

    July 14, 2004

    The Home Affront

    They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

  • News

    March 3, 2004

    Attack! Attack! Attack!

    Note to John Kerry: Win first, apologize later.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2007

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2007.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2006

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2006.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2005

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2005.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2004

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2004.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Afghanistan

    Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

  • News

    July 16, 2003

    The Police, Technology, the Media

    Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    An Anti-War Movement of One

    A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

  • News

    August 28, 2002

    The Ask Master

    A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

  • Diversions

    August 14, 2002

    For a Few Dollars More

    A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

  • Music

    April 25, 2001

    Manifesto destiny

    A band of young Swedes puts the politics back into punk.

  • News

    June 28, 2000

    The death of 'Life'

    As technologies shift and media giants merge, a reporter concludes that old journalistic values are being trumped by infotainment.

  • Music

    March 17, 1999

    Murder ballads

    How war-movie scores capture the zeitgeist.

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