December 5, 2007
It's easy to get famous. Or, at least, it's easier to get famous now than ever before.

November 21, 2007
Every eight years, Nov.

November 14, 2007
And although smoking is an ambiguous freedom, one has to believe the many thousands of smokers who have been unable or unwilling to kick the habit are getting tired of the Ad Council's renditions of the miserable lives they apparently lead.

November 7, 2007
David Horowitz, conservative extraordinaire, has charged the political left with attempting to make the American people believe global warming is a greater threat to national security than Islamic extremism.

October 31, 2007
Halloween is a holiday with a fascinating history.

October 29, 2007
Many students seemed to take offense to the CRs' message on "Islamo-fascism," calling it hateful and even racist.

October 24, 2007
Is it fair to hold public figures to a higher moral standard?

October 15, 2007
And it continues.

October 10, 2007
"Be like Mike."

October 3, 2007

June 27, 2007
Friday, June 15 marked the nationwide release of a new over-the-counter weight-loss drug called Alli. The drug is the first of its kind approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for over-the-counter sale.

May 31, 2007

May 25, 2007

May 24, 2007
The iconic college road trip keeps getting more expensive as gas prices continue to rise in Washington state. According to an article yesterday in MSN Money, Washington now has the fourth-highest gas prices in the country, right behind Illinois, Michigan and California.

May 21, 2007
Forgive me while I climb onto my soapbox one last time in my final column for The Daily.

May 18, 2007

May 17, 2007
The foundering recording industry, suffering at the hands of the illegal music downloading taking place everywhere, has a new tactic in the battle to stop college students from copyright infringement through file-sharing.

May 16, 2007
The state of Washington's history with sex crime prevention isn't a good one, and its high time state agencies taking greater measures to ensure the safety of citizens –— especially children.

May 14, 2007
In one of the most ambitious collective intellectual undertakings in human history, scientists from Harvard University, the Smithsonian Institution and the Atlas of Living Australia will compile a comprehensive online encyclopedia of all the known species on Earth — that's 1.8 million entries.

May 11, 2007

May 10, 2007
Researchers at the UW released a study Monday reporting that 40 percent of 3-month-old babies regularly watch television. The figure for two-year-olds is more than twice as high at 90 percent.

May 9, 2007
Gig Harbor High School's Dean of Students Keith Nelson just made a big mistake in the school's halls. The dean has been reassigned to a new position, but the damage has already been done.

May 7, 2007
It can be difficult to grasp the scope of certain societal issues. Domestic violence, for example, is a more far-reaching problem than many students realize.

May 3, 2007
As it has become increasingly apparent that foreign oil will not be able to sustain domestic energy consumption in the future, scientists and foresighted politicians alike have scrambled to find viable alternatives.

May 2, 2007
Yesterday, President Bush and Congress completed a set of totally useless symbolic political dance steps when Bush vetoed legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq.

April 30, 2007
The planet's temperature is rising at an alarming rate. Much of the world lacks clean drinking water. A futile war rages on in Iraq. Bin Laden is still on the loose. Bird flu could spawn a global epidemic in our lifetime. AIDS already has.

April 26, 2007
Capital punishment has reared its controversial head once again, this time in the form of concerns about lethal injection procedures across the country.

April 25, 2007
The decision to move Seattle's annual gay pride celebration, Seattle Pride, to Seattle Center last year rather than keeping it in its traditional location on Capitol Hill was hotly debated by members of Seattle's gay community.

April 23, 2007
One week ago today, our nation experienced one of the greatest domestic tragedies in recent history. The 33 lives lost at Virginia Tech sent shockwaves through communities and college campuses across the country.

April 19, 2007
The tainted pet food fiasco that has shaken pet owners and brought forth the wrath of animal rights groups across the nation may be indicative of far more serious problems in the way our nation monitors imported food products, according to a new report from The Associated Press.

April 18, 2007
Monday's brutal killing at Virginia Tech in the picturesque town of Blacksburg, VA stunned the nation. A mechanics professor. A Holocaust survivor. A Peruvian international relations student. Future engineers. An Air Force cadet. Parents, brothers, sisters and friends. They were taken away in the blink of an eye because of one young man's wanton rage.

April 16, 2007
It's hard to imagine what the history books will say about George W. Bush. Our world has changed tremendously since he became president, and the momentum of his presidency will continue to change the world after he's gone.

April 12, 2007

April 11, 2007

April 9, 2007
It's the dead horse, or, depending on the week, the elephant in the room. It's the thing we've all heard about incessantly since 2003, like some terrible broken record. I hate talking about it, and I hate reading about it.

April 6, 2007
Salmon are a Northwest icon. California sea lions are not.

April 5, 2007

April 4, 2007

March 29, 2007

March 28, 2007
Nutrition is a controversial topic in our nation.

March 28, 2007

March 7, 2007

March 5, 2007
What's in a name? Depending on the sort of name you're talking about, maybe plenty.

February 26, 2007
The secret is out: Driving can be dangerous. I remember hearing in driver's ed that two in five drivers will eventually be involved in a serious motor vehicle accident.

February 15, 2007

February 14, 2007

February 12, 2007
If ever there were a dead horse to kick, the debate over evolution versus creationism is it.

February 8, 2007

February 7, 2007
People seeking social, mental or professional help in their lives often turn to counselors for guidance, but they may want to double-check credentials before they pour their hearts out.

February 5, 2007
There is something to be said for fairness and equal treatment in a legal justice system. There is even more to be said, however, for reason and common decency in a legal justice system.

January 29, 2007
In one of the more popular episodes of The Simpsons, Homer makes friends with a flock of crows that ends up attacking his face and sending him to the hospital. Upon seeing the injury, Dr. Hibbert prescribes medical marijuana.

January 25, 2007

January 22, 2007
Somewhere on Washington's Olympic Peninsula between the towns of Aberdeen and Forks flows a river called the Queets.

January 17, 2007

January 8, 2007
The issue of political correctness is a contentious one. Particularly in modern times, matters of political correctness fuel emotionally charged debates on the true status of racial, gender and sexual equality in our society.

December 7, 2006

December 6, 2006
They're coming. Thousands of them in six-story swarms. Razing buildings to the ground. Sucking the life-blood out of entire neighborhoods, and leaving nothing but Craftsman rubble in their wake.

December 5, 2006
Keith Ellison, Minnesota's newly elected Democratic congressman, identifies himself as a member of the Muslim faith and as such would like to carry a Quran while being sworn into office.

December 4, 2006
The Seattle City Council will vote next Monday on a proposed set of revisions to city parking standards.

November 30, 2006

November 29, 2006
With Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth released on video last weekend, and with the Supreme Court intending to hear its first case on global warming starting today, human-induced climate change is clearly a hot topic.

November 28, 2006
You may not pay much attention to it, but you know its there. You know it's there because, even if you're not, someone else might get to be.

November 27, 2006
An increasing trend of Internet slang and casual abbreviations used in academic writing is being seen by both high school teachers and university professors, according to a new report by <i>Newhouse News Service</i>

November 22, 2006

November 21, 2006
The Pacific Northwest is renowned for its natural resources, with Mount Rainier on one side and the Puget Sound and Pacific Ocean on the other. Many Seattleites pride themselves on being environmental activists.

November 20, 2006

November 16, 2006

November 15, 2006

November 14, 2006
Hola. Bonjour. Konichiwa. If you're like many of us at The Daily, you probably had your first taste of a formally taught foreign language as a middle or high school student.

November 13, 2006
When most students consider the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, they think of disease. Perhaps they think of hunger, too, but they probably do not realize that a lack of food is undermining the effectiveness of AIDS drugs in impoverished nations where the crisis is at its worst.