A friend of mine founded and ran a successful small business, employing 100 people. Recently, he sold his interest, and…
IT’S SIMPLY too easy to write headlines lampooning the steadily more ludicrous efforts of Sound Transit to build its “Central…
THE SERIES OF running battles between activists trying to save what’s left of Ecotopia’s old-growth forest, and timber companies and…
Last week I was in Canada, where the national media gave noticeably more comprehensive accounts of what was happening in…
WHY DOESN’T TIM Eyman just get it over with and propose an initiative that abolishes all our taxes? That is,…
Curse the Electoral College.
LAST SATURDAY, Feb. 7, I did something I’ve never even considered doing. I showed up at a Democratic Party event….
In the end, fear trumped hate. And John Kerry never did enough to convince people to vote for him, as…
They lined up down the stairs and out the doors, waiting patiently for the featured act. But it wasn’t a…
Activist Glenn Milner’s quiet campaign to educate high school students about alternatives to the military yields astonishing results.
The problem with the Prince of Darkness is that he’s really a very likable fellow. I just might vote for…
Conventional wisdom on this fall’s election is that, as in 2000, it will be decided by a narrow band of…
For months, the talk around City Hall has been who will run for the City Council post being vacated by…
CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS have a new martyr. He is Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who first came to public attention eight…
This was inevitable. The gruesome series of explosions ripping through London’s subways and bus systems Thursday, July 7, was a…
A year ago, we were being prepared for an unprovoked invasion that most of the world virulently opposed. And we…
A movement is quietly taking shape, in Seattle and other cities, to boldly challenge the power of corporations. The idea…
“Borking” is a political term that has entered our discourse in recent years thanks to the right wing. It refers,…
While attending an antiwar rally Saturday, March 19, I had profoundly mixed feelings. From an organizer’s standpoint, the rally was…
On Martin Luther King Day, 17 people were arrested in Kitsap County for blocking an entrance to the Bangor Submarine…
