V for Vendetta
By Bruce Bulloch
If, through some software error in the Bat-GPS, the Caped Crusader were to wander onto the set of "Good Night and Good Luck" the ensuing high-jinks would approximate what you get with "V for Vendetta".
As the movie begins, our heroine, Evey (Natalie Portman), a young Londoner of the not too distant future is getting ready to go out for the evening. We get the sense that all is not right in Evey's world.
Once a respected liberal politician in our state, Congressman Jim McDermott has become an embarrassment whose time to retire has come.
The political reality of the 7th District is that a Republican has no chance. The entry into the race of conservative Steve Beren is a good sign in that he appears a much better candidate than the GOP nominee of the past few years.
To sleep, or not to sleep
By Sharon E. Best
Loyal readers of the Herald might remember that I wrote an article last year that described my bout with liver disease and obesity. I hired a personal trainer, lost 60 pounds (all of which are still gone) and changed my life by incorporating healthy eating and regular exercise.
Well, I thought all that exercise would help insomnia, another problem I've had for around 15 years. It didn't. For years, I've been waking up many times during the night with power surges.
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Hong Kong bulk carrier arrives
By Amber Trillo
The ship Abbott Point of Hong Kong arrived at the Port of Seattle recently. The vessel is part of International Handybulk Carriers (IHC), which is a pool of over 40 log and bulk ships formed to provide shippers with smaller cargo ships. Photo by Amber Trillo.
For West Seattleites, the biggest piece of Mayor Greg Nickels' recently announced transportation proposal probably is the widening of the Spokane Street Viaduct.
Nickels' proposal, which could go before voters in the fall election, would cover Seattle's estimated $500 million backlog of transportation needs and invest in the future over the next 20 years.
A citizen's study of bias-motivated attacks in Seattle neighborhoods indicates that West Seattle is not immune from prejudice.
In fact, the report that was released earlier this month by Ballard resident Ken Molsberry found bias attacks are not uncommon in any Seattle neighborhood.
Through records from the Seattle Police Department's bias-crime database, Molsberry categorized bias-motivated incidents by neighborhood from 2000 to 2005. More than 400 incidents were documented in all 18 Seattle neighborhoods. Some included verbal and physical threats.
