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Sex, death and 'Bodies'

Posted Wed, Nov 18, 6 a.m.

An exhibit of corpses is back for a second tour of Seattle, where it has been a huge hit. What are we really experiencing when we wander the gallery of the dead?

Can we talk about what the County really does?

Posted Fri, Jun 26, 6 a.m.

By Chris Vance

The King County Executive race is highly competitive, but the candidates keep talking about issues where the county has little influence. Here's a plea to address the topics where the county matters, such as law enforcement.

What was Shawna Forde thinking?

Posted Tue, Jun 16, 6 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

Shawna Forde, a lost soul in Everett and the world of anti-immigrant terrorism, is now accused of murder. It adds another dark chapter to Everett's history and to the stories of mayhem caused by 'true believers.'

The folly of building a new Seattle jail

Posted Fri, Apr 10, 6 a.m.

By Lisa Fitzhugh

Other regions are closing prisons, legalizing drugs, and developing alternatives. Why is Mayor Nickels wedded to the status quo?

Memo: AIG bonus paperwork due today!

Posted Fri, Mar 20, 4 a.m.

By Steve Clifford

Please use black ink and Montblanc fountain pen only

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Cure the economy by reviving 'animal spirits'

Posted Fri, Mar 6, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

A bright blue scrotum, vicious chimps, Bobo, and sexually incompetent pandas: Here's a stimulus package of wildlife stories that could lead to an economic recovery.

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Blago and backlash

Posted Thu, Dec 11, 6 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

How the Chicago corruption story and other lavish raids on the public treasury (and trust) could induce an angry populist backlash.

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Tim Burgess makes a fast start at City Council

Posted Wed, Dec 10, 6 a.m.

By C.R. Douglas

The freshman has made varsity in his first year, pulling together coalitions and also drawing the City Council to the center. Some think he should be mayor some day, while others think he is stiffing progressive causes.

Up yours, Virginia

Posted Tue, Dec 2, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Dispatch from the War on Christmas: Atheists make fools of themselves in Olympia while violence breaks out at Wal-Mart. The sacred season is now a very, very sick season.

What Somali pirates can learn from Walla Walla and Wall Street

Posted Wed, Nov 26, 7 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Washington's death row inmates and corporate fat cats are employing strategies that could come in handy for seagoing brigands.

Seattle's misguided gun ban

Posted Mon, Nov 17, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Mayor Greg Nickels plans to defy state law with a gun ban that is worse than an empty gesture: It puts law-abiding citizens at greater risk.

Indiana Jones, meth addict

Posted Sun, Oct 12, 4:09 p.m.

By Knute Berger

The strange link between looting Indian artifacts and methamphetamine users.

How accurate is Battle in Seattle?

Posted Wed, Oct 1, 3 a.m.

By Jim Compton

A journalist and former Seattle City Council member who led the council's investigation into the WTO riots faults the film for claiming too much for the protesters. More disturbing was the picture of dreamy nonchalance in planning that the investigation revealed about City Hall and Seattle Police.

Pit bulls, bears, and lipstick: more attacks involving animals

Posted Tue, Sep 16, 4 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Lessons learned from the places where people, animals, and politics collide.

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A bipartisan mayor who's fond of prayer

Posted Thu, Aug 28, 3 a.m.

By Harris Meyer

Dave Edler of Yakima is an unusual politician in a bastion of conservatism.

On the fire line

Posted Tue, Aug 26, 4 a.m.

By Bob Simmons

The U.S. Forest Service considers changing its firefighting protocol in the wake of sentencing over handling of the Thirtymile Fire, which claimed the lives of four firefighters.

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Northern fights

Posted Fri, Aug 22, 4 a.m.

By Bob Tkacz

Next in the Alaska scandals roundup: An errant senator's son and Troopergate. Part 2 of 2

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Bellevue's 'Little Eichmann'

Posted Tue, Aug 12, 5 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Finding the banality of Nazi evil close to home.

Seattle City Hall stares at $50 million in cuts

Posted Thu, Jul 31, midnight

By C.R. Douglas

As the economy shrinks tax revenue, the mayor and City Council are making cuts, with more to come next year. One possible casualty would be 20 to 25 promised new cops.

All the rage

Posted Mon, Jul 28, 4 p.m.

By Knute Berger

What's to blame for all the anger as cyclists, drivers, and citizens fight over their rights on the streets? Is it $4 gas? Young punks? Class warfare? Poor urban design? It's time to theorize.

Other media

The case for trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York And the case against the Right's attack on the decision.

SLATE

Google's Street View continues to have legal problems over privacy issues Latest to sue is Switzerland, charging that Google hasn't done enough to obscure faces and license plates.

FINANCIAL TIMES (LONDON)

Alan Dershowitz: America will be on trial in the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial There is the issue of torture. There is the issue of the defense demanding sensitive intelligence. There is the issue of the venue. There is the issue of the death penalty.

GLOBE AND MAIL

Conservative newsman with a passion for the Constitution As an editor, Seth Lipsky kept asking his reporters: "Where the hell does Congress get the power to do that?" So he wrote a little book.

WALL STREET JOURNAL

R-71 'political speech' question may reach the U.S. Supreme Court Washington state voters approved equal rights for same sex couples. But the legal issue of making public the names of voters who petitioned to place the question on the November ballot is still unresolved.

SEATTLEPI.COM

Blog posts

Can a neo-Nazi be an environmentalist?

Posted Mon, Nov 2, 2:51 p.m.

by Knute Berger

A shooting in BC answers the question

Gun crack down

Posted Mon, Sep 28, 10:55 p.m.

by Knute Berger

Focus should be on imposing real penalties on juvenile offenders, not Seattle's symbolic parks ban.

What were they thinking?

Posted Tue, Sep 22, 6 a.m.

by Knute Berger

Spokane's "criminally insane escapee" raises big questions.

The day Seattle faced an Al Qaeda threat

Posted Wed, Aug 19, 9:49 p.m.

by Feliks Banel

Mayor Paul Schell still doesn't get much credit for a gutsy decision on New Year's Eve of 1999, following the arrest of a terrorist heading for Seattle from Port Angeles.