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Reclaiming the Red Statesnew
Garrison Keillor argues that old-school civics holds the future of the Democratic Party.
Seattle Weekly |
Gavin Borchert |
10-13-2004 |
Nonfiction
Learning to Love Pat Buchanannew
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. To a point.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
10-13-2004 |
Nonfiction
Before the Bombsnew
A war correspondent correctly predicts the fallout to our "success" in Iraq.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-13-2004 |
Nonfiction
Don't Smile for the Cameranew
War and politics have taken a grim toll in John Kerry's Camelot. Are we really ready for the Brooder in Chief?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-13-2004 |
Nonfiction
Easy Writernew
The New York Times' Maureen Dowd makes it so easy to dis Dubya.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-13-2004 |
Nonfiction
Books: Red and Blue Inknew
The worst things that the right and left can say about each other are sticking—and selling like hotcakes.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
10-13-2004 |
Politics
He Likes 'Like'new
NPR's language libertarian approves of a changing English while finding plenty to criticize in political doublespeak.
Seattle Weekly |
Mark D. Fefer |
09-29-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The New Psychedelic Classnew
While Ben Chasny, Joanna Newsom, and folks like Devendra Banhart and the band Sunburned Hand of the Man aren't asking the lyrical question, "Where have all the flowers gone?" there is a palpable spirit of '60s politics in their ethos.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
09-29-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Censorship Begins at Homenew
Proudly incurious, the man in the White House appears to have convinced a slim majority of Americans that strength lies in knowing as little as possible. This is America's greatest "intelligence failure."
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
09-29-2004 |
Commentary
Kerry's Best Campaignnew
Will his new biopic make John Kerry president? Not likely, but it's one of the very best of the Democrat-friendly docs stampeding in the wake of "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
09-29-2004 |
Reviews
Citizen Microsoftnew
It's time Washington state stopped acquiescing to the behemoth in Redmond, because what's good for big business isn't necessarily good for the rest of us.
Seattle Weekly |
Jeff Reifman |
09-29-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Two Views of 9/11new
Whose conspiracy theory to believe: the official one, or those of possible crackpots?
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
How Microsoft Excels in D.C.new
By spreading lots of money around. Microsoft is now the No. 3 corporate political donor.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-23-2004 |
Politics
Report from Telluridenew
I can't remember a more consistently stimulating festival. Even movies that were practically guaranteed to be ghastly—a no-budget first film shot in the subways of Hungary, anyone?—turned out to be a gas, and even the occasional failures were ambitious and honorable.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
09-15-2004 |
Movies
Burnt Sugar Create An Aural Melting Potnew
"Black Sex Yall" is hit-or-miss, which you'd expect from a double CD that wears its indulgence on its sleeve.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
09-15-2004 |
Reviews
