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A Naderite for Kerry
It's no time for idealism. Choose the lesser of two evils.
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May Day comes early
MAY DAY IS two weeks away, but spring has already arrived in Seattle. The weather is warming up…
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The longest sit
I celebrated the MLK holiday weekend, appropriately, in Memphis, Tennessee. I headed for the Lorraine Hotel, where Dr.…
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A Dirty Job
TO GET AN IDEA of just how wretched a job newly nominated Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt would do…
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Curing health care
One of the regrettable realities of Olympia in the post-I-695 panic is that none of the state’s other…
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The illegitimate son
Inauguration Day in DC brings out tens of thousands of protesters, but does it matter?
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It’s Not Too Late
THEY CAME IN BUSES, on trains, in car caravans. They took off their shoes at the airports (if…
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The Gay-Marriage Hitch
I got married on Nov. 2, 1981. It was a sham. Oh, not entirely. We were young and…
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Dump Darth now!
For years, City Attorney Mark Sidran has been the most reviled elected official in Seattle. Among progressives, his…
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Mariners 2002
AS READERS may have noticed, the Seattle Mariners baseball team did pretty well last year. (Right up until…
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How to Wage Peace
BY THE TIME you read this, Congress may have already given President Bush the vote he craves as…
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A matter of faith
When terror struck, Americans turned to religion for guidance and strength. Then what?
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Ashcrofts Song
THE ALMIGHTY could not have set a better theater piece. It was still in the cool morning of…
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The Rush on Drugs
LET’S GET TO the heart of the matter: I did not, at any time, get a wheelbarrow full…
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One Last Local Enron Rip-off
In Houston, the trials of former top Enron executives are unfolding. Former CEO Jeffrey Skilling is, according to…
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The State of the State
The clock is now ticking on the state Legislature’s 100 or so days in session—the mad rush during…
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Nuclear thaw
LAST THURSDAY, the faithful gathered once again by the fences of the U.S. Navy’s submarine base at Bangor,…