AltWeeklies Wire
The Constitutional Crises of 2006new
Given that Bush and his cabal have predicted that their War on Terror may last up to 100 years, the president is actually claiming that the rule of law need not apply for several generations.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
01-04-2006 |
Commentary
Swing Your Pardnernew
Brokeback Mountain is the perfect date movie for straight guys.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-04-2006 |
Movies
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Going Down Cool and Calmnew
Welcome to Jamrock is not a strictly dancehall album; nor is it a reggae LP, though it's certainly Rastafari-inspired.
Seattle Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
Heroism With a Differencenew
America's right-wing echo chamber has been having a field day with recent kidnappings in Iraq -- sneering that the peace activists had it coming and were foolhardy idiots. But they had every business being there.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
12-15-2005 |
Commentary
King of Heartsnew
Love conquers CGI in Peter Jackson's retelling of the great ape story.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
Clean-Energy Frenzynew
As the Pacific Northwest struggles with soaring fuel and electricity prices, corporate executives and entrepreneurs are joining politicians and activists to develop cleaner, smarter, and self-reliant energy sources.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howlamd Jr. |
12-15-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Expensive Expansion of KEXPnew
It's globally popular and flush with donations, but Seattle's seminal eclectic-music public radio station is under financial strain that is affecting morale.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
12-07-2005 |
Media
Tags: radio
Contagion in Jailnew
Inmates, their families, and even elected officials in Seattle wonder if the county health department is taking the presence of flesh-eating disease seriously enough.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
12-07-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A Union Shop on Every Blocknew
As baristas seek to organize, the feds cite Starbucks for interfering.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
12-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Lies Per Gallonnew
This damning petro-thriller rambles like an SUV on a Sunday drive.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
In Like a Lambnew
The effects are effective in this mild but pleasing Christian allegory. So why couldn't they have replaced those bloody kids with CGI?
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
12-07-2005 |
Reviews
The Drugging of the American Mindnew
A new generation of meds to treat mental illness has turned millions of Americans into human guinea pigs. Among them is an eyewitness who thinks the drug 'revolution' has gone too far.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
11-30-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Bankruptcy of Spiritnew
If you strip Christmas of its religious and symbolic meaning, you're left with nothing but the emptiness exemplified by the few things you can still talk about, like sales figures and shopping riots. Who would Jesus punch for an Xbox?
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
11-30-2005 |
Commentary
Love, Then Warnew
Never ending, it seems, is the litigious saga of a chastised lawyer, a fired sheriff's deputy, and the lust they once shared.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
11-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
When Presidents Lienew
In modern times, this is what presidents do, Democrats as well as Republicans. The bigger the stakes, the bigger the lies, and there are no bigger stakes than war. They lie to Congress, they lie to the American public, they lie to the world. Why are we surprised?
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
11-30-2005 |
Commentary
