From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan. So, it's not just rednecks in Washington State who are doing this. MORE >>

Here's a good article in the Seattle Times about BP corporate misbehavior. had no idea. You really have to hand it to their PR people. MORE >>

Excerpted from the Seattle P-I. Seattle law firm is taking on dairies, claiming that a price-fixing scheme has consumers paying too much for milk. The group turned to Seattle attorney Steve Berman, who filed the suit claiming more than half a million U.S. If the dairy companies were doing this, well, that's cold! MORE >>

When they tried to ban circuses in Seattle about 10 years ago, there was this big outcry. I hope they can do it. absolutely despise circuses. The campaigners claim polls show 90 percent of the public would support such a ban. Hmmmm.sounds awfully high to me. It was actually pretty weird. MORE >>

I live in Seattle and, while I don't always agree with PETA, I hate the UW's animal research practices. don't believe these animals get the quality of care they deserve for the suffering they undergo. If you "humanize" the animal and grow attached, how can you conduct experiments on it? You have to objectify them and they suffer for it. MORE >>