A statement just released by Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn's office says authorities believe May 1 could become a chaotic day in Seattle, based on their interpretation of local graffiti, web sites, and recent incidents: On Tuesday, May 1, several organizat... »
Tribe Takes Back Its Welfare Children: A Port Gamble tribe becomes the first in the nation to take over control of child welfare cases from the state, meaning that children will no longer be removed from the reservation, away from their families and cu... »
1. Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the editor of a book of essays titled Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform. That's what you call an attention-getting title. Here's the bac... »
Have you heard the one about the card-counting Christians—pastors and church leaders—who took millions of dollars from casinos over six years? True story. A few days ago, Seattle man (and Slog tipper) David Drury wrote a story about it for CNN.com: Whe... »
It's Caucus Day! You celebrate by singing songs, putting up a tree, hiding eggs, and hanging out with Republicans. I think. Raucous out with your caucus out! Find your caucus location here. Wreckage: "At least 90 tornadoes" hit the Midwest and the uppe... »
I want to make one thing clear: I think that an anti-gay institution like the Archdiocese of Seattle can do vital charity work without spreading its anti-gay cooties to the needy. I've long been a fan of its subsidiaries like Catholic Community Service... »
Lest you think there's nothing to see... The Henry Art Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1, but otherwise has regular hours. You REALLY need to see the Carolee Schneemann exhibition before it closes December 30. At Seattle Art Museum, I reco... »
Attempting to explain the inexplicably inadequate response of Penn State officials to former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's alleged shower-room child molestation, long-time Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Bill Conlin led off a rambling ... »
Slog has been continually reminding you of this for the last four years, but because he's at the top of Iowa polls, it's time for the media to remind you that Ron Paul's newsletter was a hotbed of racist and bigoted thought for years. The New York Time... »
Little Saigon is practically my kitchen. The food at several of the delis (Seattle Deli, Saigon Vietnam Deli, and so on) is cheap, delicious, and satisfying. That said, let's turn to these bushes, which exist in the middle of my kitchen:What you are lo... »
1. The Chicago Tribune notes that e-books aren't the great deal they used to be: Cheap new e-readers are expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. But new owners of Kindles and Nooks may be in for sticker shock on Christmas morning: ... »
1. Tonight, you have two events that could scarcely be more opposite: Frank Close reads at Town Hall from his book The Infinity Puzzle, which is about the Large Hadron Collider and the search for the Higgs boson. And then University Book Store hosts in... »
