TOP STORIES
Viaduct Solution
Let's just get rid of the Seattle Viaduct, build a nice park, and become less car-dependent
by Nate Cole-Daum and Cary Moon
The Propagandist
Montana's Paul Vallely on the Shape of Wars to Come
by Paul Peters
Time to Turn Off Sesame Street?
Most parents are still unaware of the dangers of TV for small kids
from TV Turnoff Network
WARTIME POLITICS
How You--Yes You--Can End the War
by David Swanson
Becoming "Good Americans"
Are we getting strangely similar to the "Good Germans" of the Nazi era?
by Fred Branfman, cartoon by David Logan
Time to Ask Tough Questions
Why isn't the mainstream media screaming about Bush administration transgressions?
opinion and cartoon by Andrew Wahl
A Nation Above the Law
The inability of Congress to hold Bush accountable is the nation's key weakness
opinion by Tom Krebsbach, cartoon by David Logan
FREE THOUGHTS
Hey Metro Bus!
Do bus companies want to get more riders? Here's how they could
by Doug Collins
Truth for the Youth
The military is not the only way to get a college education
by Jesse Lancaster, cartoon by George Jartos
READER MAIL
Unnecessary dental work; Support Bush inquiry; Let's go Gandhi; God's Will be With You
Appreciating the Bitter, part 2
Please don't ease my pain
by Doug Collins, cartoon by John Ambrosavage
MEDIA
I Saw the News Today, Oh Boy!
I'll stick with reading my newspaper, thank you
by Todd Huffman, MD
MEDIA BEAT by Norman Solomon
The unreal death of journalism
cartoon by George Jartos
CONTACTS/ACTIVISM
NORTHWEST NEIGHBORS
contact list of subscribers who like to talk with you
DO SOMETHING! CALENDAR
Northwest activist events
PROGRESSIVE NEWS
NORTHWEST & BEYOND compiled by Sharlynn Cobaugh
Labor healthcare campaign; The BC Olympics and the Spotted Owl; MLK and Trident Submarines; Revitalizing railroads
TRASH TALK by Dave & Lillian Brummet
Garden cardboard; Second-life shower curtains; Book donations; Happy Earth Day!
cartoon by John Jonik
WHAT THEY SAID
A Brief Review of Quotes Related to Hurricane Katrina
compiled by Karl Hennum
NOTABLE QUOTES forwarded by Some of the Above News
Propaganda from the propagandist viewpoint
RIGHT BRAIN
Buy The Sonics
Crazy world needs crazy solutions for Seattle's basketball arena
by Jeremy King
A Musical Friend
personal account by Emily Esposito
THE WANDERINGS AND THOUGHTS OF KIP KELLOGG, #5 by Vincent Spada
PUMPKIN EDDIE'S LIGHTNING POEMS by Vincent Spada
What is day without night?
A Slow Day
poem by Jesse Lancaster
The Year of the Coelacanth
A new animal for the zodiac
from shadowy figures at Ascent to Dissent
BOOKS
BOOK REVIEW: Poets on the Peaks
Kerouac and fellow literati in the North Cascades
review by Bob Pavlik
BOOK NOTICE: Boiling Frogs
Computer company terrorizes New Mexico village
from the publisher
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