LAST FRIDAY, a jury determined Seattle police officer Craig Hansen was not at fault when he struck and killed bicyclist Joel Silvesan. Although the jury… Continue reading
The most appalling police news of the week wasn't the alternately aggressive and nonexistent response to drunken, obnoxious Mardi Gras revelers—though that did make the… Continue reading
Why immigration marches get attention and anti-war rallies don't.
Since World War II, nation-states, rebel groups, and terrorists alike have routinely killed large numbers of innocent civilians as a way of achieving their political… Continue reading
Anti-WTO activists have backed off from their ambitious plans to blockade Microsoft on February 7. Instead, the groups will be holding a high-profile street theater… Continue reading
Local activists find themselves among hundreds of "internationals" who have stepped into a war zone in the West Bank. Why?
Are shippers trying to bust the union? If they are, their timing couldn't be better.
A year ago, we were being prepared for an unprovoked invasion that most of the world virulently opposed. And we were lied to. Here, for… Continue reading
Totally clean — nonexistent. His driving record, not so clean.
HOWARD DEAN WAS right, and his Democratic presidential opponents were crassly wrong for criticizing him, when he said that the capture of Saddam Hussein won't… Continue reading
AS AN EXERCISE in behavior control, the War on Drugs is over. The drugs won. Efforts to ban ingestion of psychotropic chemicals will always be… Continue reading
The whole world is marching.American activists love to abuse the rhetorical device of the "International Day of Protest." On Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, for the… Continue reading
For several years in the 1980s, I lived in Houston, a city with two airports. Invariably, when I had a choice, I flew out of… Continue reading
As this year's money-starved state legislative session winds down, the serious ammunition is being pulled out in an effort to move bills through committee and… Continue reading
International protesters spice up WTO protests.
AS YOU KNOW, since we at the Department of Defense have not for many years developed or maintained any kind of expertise in the actual… Continue reading
"On Thursday, October 25, at the Seattle Fur Exchange Bid Room in Renton, from 8 am to 4:30pm, the FBINAA [FBI National Association of Agents]… Continue reading
Hey, Eugene punks, stay away from my revolution.
Amid the late unpleasantness in Florida and the wild, debauched partying at Cantwell headquarters, relatively little public and media attention has focused on the nail-biting… Continue reading
On Martin Luther King Day, 17 people were arrested in Kitsap County for blocking an entrance to the Bangor Submarine Base. When the trial comes,… Continue reading
