Microsoft, Bill Gates, Republicans, a certain horse, and a cult were among your favorites.
- A Bug in Windows GOP
June 1, 2005
Microsoft is ending its relationship with choirboy-lobbyist Ralph Reed, but the company’s ties to others in the seemingly infinite loop of the Republican lobbying scandal are deep in D.C. and Seattle. By Rick Anderson
- Blue City Conservatives
June 15, 2005
Meet Seattle’s biggest closet cases: the Republicans next door. By Matt Rosenberg
- Death by Natural Causes
June 8, 2005
The circumstances of a teenager’s medical emergency are in dispute. But her case raises important questions about the line between increasingly popular naturopathic health care and standard medical treatment. By Nina Shapiro
- Cancerous Campaign
July 6, 2005
Voter activist Andy Stephenson fights charges he faked his illness — from his hospital bed. By George Howland Jr.
- Closing the Barn Door
Nov. 9, 2005
The notorious Enumclaw horse-sex case spurs a state senator to draft a bill banning bestiality. By Rick Anderson
- Bill Gates’ Guinea Pigs
July 20, 2005
The Gates Foundation wants to remake American education, and ground zero for their billion-dollar experiment is Mountlake Terrace High School. Results so far? It’s been a learning experience. By Bill Geballe
- Bush Blows Katrina
Sept. 7, 2005
Following the media trail of Dubya’s disaster: Doesn’t anyone at the White House read National Geographic? By Chuck Taylor
- Good Cop, Sad Cop
March 30, 2005
Meet former King County Sheriff’s Deputy Angela Holland. She was a great street cop with numerous commendations and a spotless record. But she was mildly bipolar, so they fired her. By Philip Dawdy
- The God Life
May 4, 2005
James King had dozens of people under his sway, and his obscure New Gnostic Church had few issues with the outside world until he and his mistress seduced the 17-year-old daughter of two church members. By Philip Dawdy
- Replace the Viaduct, Kill the Monorail
Oct. 26, 2005
Keep the gas-tax increase by voting no on I-912. Stop the monorail by voting no on Proposition 1. Plus, our wisdom about all the other measures and every contested race. By the Seattle Weekly Editorial Board
