AltWeeklies Wire
That Other Defiant Soldiernew
Ehren Watada isn't the first to refuse deployment to Iraq -- Kevin Benderman is already in the stockade.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-14-2006 |
War
I Want My Mayor TVnew
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels used the city-run Seattle Channel to make an advocacy video -- perhaps you can, too.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-07-2006 |
Politics
Six-Feet Underhandednew
In Washington's fast changing "death care" industry, one thing is certain: Funeral scams and foul ups haven't been laid to rest.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
05-31-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Cops: In Lovenew
Although "the gun belts can never come off," two state troopers had a rendezvous in a governor's mansion guardhouse -- and they're being punished heavily.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
05-17-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Microsoft's $1.6 Million Mannew
Although they have since dropped him in an effort to reverse a PR meltdown, the software giant employed righteous conservative Ralph Reed as a consultant for years.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
05-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Seattle Oil Tycoonnew
An update of Paul Allen's world: pipelines, insurance, and maybe some bankruptcy.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Bacterial Mysterynew
A spike in deaths due to flesh-eating disease puzzles Seattle-area health officials.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-12-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Supreme Retortnew

While on the lam, cranky journalist Paul Trummel scores a First Amendment victory.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-05-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Seattle's Mass Killernew
Police have questioned the twin brother of a man who shot six young people and then himself.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson and Philip Dawdy |
03-27-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Iraq by the Numbersnew
Being at war for three years has many costs.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-22-2006 |
War
From 'Spy' to Psychoticnew
After she was accused of being a spy for Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government, former journalist Susan Lindauer dropped off the radar, but her story remains strange -- she is currently confined to a federal mental facility and has not yet had her day in court.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
02-15-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Metaphorical Downpournew
In town to cover the NFL playoffs, America's sportswriters compare and contrast Seattle rain with just about everything.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
01-24-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Lobbygate's Gatesesnew
What are we to make of the coincident D.C. connections of the lawyer father and the software-titan son?
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
01-18-2006 |
Politics
A Rabbi's 'Regret'new
Daniel Lapin finally explains his relationship with Jack Abramoff.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
01-13-2006 |
Politics
Tags: corruption
Strongman of the Northnew

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
01-04-2006 |
Politics