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Articles by Geov Parrish
8 Mile's Lie
8 Mile’s Lie
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

EVERY GENERATION has its 8 Mile, the widely acclaimed new movie by rap star Eminem. Mine was Purple Rain, a…

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Neo-liberals on the run
Neo-liberals on the run
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

One of the reasons the anti -WTO demonstrations in Seattle last fall came as such a shock to the world’s…

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Mind control
Mind control
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

During the slowly unwinding prosecutorial wake of Fat Tuesday, Seattle police in late March asked prosecutors to consider invoking hate…

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The woman who went up a hill and came down a butterfly
The woman who went up a hill and...
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The Butterfly has landed. Julia “Butterfly” Hill, 25, became an instant media celebrity last month when an agreement with Pacific…

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Bombs away
Bombs away
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

So “Boeing” is “leaving” Seattle. Good. Amid all the mawkishness about the loss of part of Seattle’s soul, the ghost…

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This week, it's mourning in America—run amok.
Great Communicator, My Ass
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Excuse me while I barf. I’m in no mood to join the joyful eulogies upon the passing of Ronald Reagan—remembrances…

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The mayor's (disg)race
The mayor’s (disg)race
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

THE RACE FOR SEATTLE’S most powerful elected job is already excruciating. Three moderate men of the establishment—Greg Nickels, Mark Sidran,…

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The Futility of Boycotts
The Futility of Boycotts
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Planning to boycott Microsoft? Get in line.

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Watching the reporters
Watching the reporters
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

I’m glad I’m a columnist. In Impolitics, I don’t have to pretend. One of the great myths of news reporting,…

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Please Bomb Seattle
Please Bomb Seattle
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

DEAR PRESIDENT BUSH, I write as a proud American and a resident of one of its many great cities: Seattle….

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Stop the killings! Marchers demand police accountability.
Calling for a Crackdown
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The city is considering a new system for watch-dogging the police. It could be a national model, but the temptation to compromise may prove irresistible.

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Torturing small animals
Torturing small animals
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

I’ve always been a little bit ambivalent about the animal rights movement. On the one hand, I view all life…

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Treed
Treed
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Two years in the life of a redwood-hugger.

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Dim bulbs in the White House
Dim bulbs in the White House
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

IT’S NOT JUST THOSE wacky tree-huggers and Dubya-haters who are howling that the Bush/Cheney energy “plan” is, in a word,…

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The Rest of the Stories
The Rest of the Stories
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Web sources for what’s missing from network news.

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The big picture
The big picture
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

LAST WEEK, our evening news focused on the drama—or lack of it— as congressional Republicans guided George W. Bush’s massive…

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Cynicism Skips School
Cynicism Skips School
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

IT WAS A MOMENTARY story on the evening news, a photo in the paper, and then gone: last week’s student…

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Inside Radio
Inside Radio
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

This past weekend, two groups of people who care very much about radio assembled in Seattle, separated only by about…

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Y1.999K
Y1.999K
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

IN 1998, WITH Clinton’s sex scandal, the award for most overrated story can safely be retired for posterity. Even if…

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Retired prof Philip Thiel: "worst project I've seen in 40 years."
The Future of the U District
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Philip Thiel stands in the hall, alone, shaking his head. “They’re arranging deck chairs on the Titanic!” he grumbles. In…

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Lethal force
Lethal force
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Any number of questions remain after the Memorial Day weekend rampage by Lonnie Davis, culminating in the Shoreline standoff with…

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Will labor fight?
Will labor fight?
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Unions are scaling back protests against free trade and the WTO.

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Waste cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Losing the Initiative
By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The most popular citizens ballot measure in state history has been struck down, and we shouldn’t be surprised.

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