Birth
Rights and Wrongs
There’s no stronger advocate
for natural childbirth than uncompromising midwife Debra O’Conner.
But a tragic pregnancy and a state investigation of her practice reveal
a clash of values: At what point should midwifery yield to medical intervention?
By Nina Shapiro MORE
Columns
MOSSBACK
The God Wars: From here in the ‘None Zone,’ a feeling of helplessness
as religious warriors relentlessly reshape the world. By Knute Berger
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POLITICS
Helen Thomas still has questions. She continues to ask the president
for the truth. By Geov Parrish MORE
ArtS
SMALL
WORLD
Getting religion the old-fashioned way— by TV. By Steve Wiecking
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NEWS
Court
Rules for Seattle Times
A state appeals court has reversed a lower-court ruling that blocked
the paper's effort to terminate the joint operating agreement (JOA)
with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which would effectively
have put the P-I out of business.
• Read
the court's ruling
• JOA
in a nutshell
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Seattle Weekly coverage
The
Spy-cific Northwest
Journalists, sailor, diplomat—spies. Why is Washington
so spooky? By Rick Anderson MORE
Film

Too Easy Money
The Coen brothers earn a Hollywood-size paycheck for revamping a classic.
So why couldn’t they afford to write a better script? By Tim
Appelo MORE
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