At 78, Clint Eastwood still knows how to tell an engrossing tale. After helming several standard cop flicks throughout the late '90s (most notably "Absolute Power"), he rose to sudden prominence as a director with serious chops with the Oscar-nominated "Mystic River" and Oscar-winner, "Unforgiven."
So goes the old rhyme:"Remember, remember the fifth of November;Gunpowder, treason and plot;I see no reason why gunpowder treason;Should ever be forgot."
The media thinks his reign has begun already, but Sen. Obama's coronation will have to wait until the votes are counted and that has not started as of this writing.
By the time you read this, the election, thank Gaia, will be over. (Unless, of course, Gregoire and Rossi wind up in court for six months again. I'd rather have tickets to the UW-WSU football game this year.) We will have a new president-elect, the robocalls and offensive TV ads (at least the political ones) will stop, and with any luck Tiny Fey can go back to "30 Rock" full time.
We now have picked a new president. You already know who it is, though as of our press time, the polls were still open. So be it Obama or be it McCain, the country has decided and the country will continue to recover.
More than 450 boys and girls had the chance to "bend it like Beckham" Sunday, Nov. 2, during the Magnolia Soccer Club's annual "World Cup" tournament. The all-day event at Seattle Pacific University's Interbay Stadium marked the end of the club's 2008 soccer season.
Everyone has heard that it's not so much a question of if a major earthquake strikes the Puget Sound as it is when. We're about due, geologically speaking, according to University of Washington geologist Brian Atwater.
The Seattle School Board unanimously voted to accelerate work toward balancing school-capacity issues in both Queen Anne-Magnolia and North Seattle neighborhoods Wednesday Oct. 29 at a special legislative session.
It's official. Barack Obama is our man. After nearly two years of following websites like The Huffington Post, CNN, and yes, even Fox News, there's a sense of loss. Now that the election is over and we wait for President-elect Barack Obama to take office, what do we do now?
The King County Prosecutor's Office is continuing to review the case, and no murder charges have yet been filed in the brutal Oct. 25 attack that led to the death of Tuba Man Edward McMichael, said spokesman Dan Donohoe on Monday, Nov. 10.
The Magnolia United Church of Christ will "bop-to-the-top." The next two months, dozens of kids will take to the stage in The Magnolia Theater's current production, "High School Musical: On Stage!"
The average person is likely to think of Johannes Brahms as the gentle soul who penned the ubiquitous lullaby and other gentle melodies. You wouldn't have pegged the bushy-faced composer to be madly in love with Robert Schumann's wife, Clara. Nor would the average person know all the wonderful things he did, in spite of his aching heart, to help that musically charmed family beset by tragedy.
36TH DISTRICT FUNDRAISER, RAFFLE COMING SOONSen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36th Legislative District) will hold her 15th annual post-election analysis fundraiser 5-8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20, at Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub, 4301 Leary Ave. N.W.
Our system is full of socialism. Socialism simply means that the methods of production, or distribution of any product or service is owned or regulated by the community as a whole, for the benefit of the whole.
The Interbay Neighborhood Association (INA) and the Freehold Group of investors are feeling a huge sense of relief now that the Seattle City Council has finally voted to allow an upzone in the neighborhood, according to INA executive director Bruce Wynn.