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- Issue of
- Feb 3-9, 2011
- Vol. 18, No. 16
News & Comment
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- News
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Smokeless Fire
Kids can't smoke regular cigarettes because they’re harmful. But what about ones that purport to be healthy?
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- News
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Boozehounds and Taco Stands
Marr gets a job, racists hate Mexican food and a detective gets exonerated.
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- News
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Legalizing It
Three measures in Olympia could change the way Washington state looks at pot.
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- Comment
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Don't Forget JFK
Kennedy helped young people navigate the 1960s. Obama is missing the boat.
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- Comment
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Dictators Beware
While we take our technology for granted, protestors in Egypt and Tunisia are using it to change the world.
Culture & Food
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- Arts & Culture
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Holy Warrior
Robert Sacre's stats are up in a tough season.
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- Arts & Culture
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Scats and Dogs
What dog noses are teaching us about endangered species.
- Arts & Culture
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'The Emperor of All Maladies,' Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Hundred Years War has nothing on our 4,000-year bout with cancer.
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- Food & Drink
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Mythic Portions
Greek goes farm-to-table at Pullman’s Black Cypress.
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- Food & Drink
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Four Diamond Fare
Masselow's wins AAA's Four Diamond Award. Plus, Mexican chow in Cheney.
Music & Film
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- Music
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Family Band
A Pullman band, formed by chance, saves itself from damnation.
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- Music
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'Kaputt,' Destroyer
Forget the New Pornographers — Dan Bejar shines as Destroyer.
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- Music
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Live With Pleasure!
Against Me! is just as crazy onstage as it’s always been.
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- Music
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'Cape Dory,' Tennis
Tennis was fun while it was underground, but kinda lost its edge in the studio.
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- Music
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Child's Play
The Plain White T's made a concept album about childhood. It sounds a bit immature.
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- Film
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Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
While the DS can’t display the detail that a TV screen can, the magicians at Square Enix have managed to squeeze as many villains as possible onto the little screens: squirrelly black imps, disjointed suits of dark armor, round soldiers with screen-spanning bellies.
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- Film
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Freakonomics
Economics gets perhaps a little too freaky.
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- Film
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Hurt the Ones You Love
Blue Valentine will make you want to try harder.
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- Film
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Work Stoppage
If you can’t live in a McMansion and drive a Mercedes, does life have any meaning?
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- Film
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Get SpIFFed
Your complete guide to this week's Spokane International Film Festival
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- Film
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Harry's Law
The new legal show from David E. Kelley would be nothing without Kathy Bates.