Gwen was a respected man who could be disagreed with amicably, and he provided a forum for community conversation and understanding that is sorely missed today.

This is an adapted excerpt from "The Burning of Moses Seattle," a book about the murder of Chief Seattle’s dwarf grandson, Moses Seattle.

Just in case anyone else struggled to come up with something, here are ten resolutions you may want to consider for those of us in the Pacific Northwest. It is never too late to start, so feel free to wait until spring.

Cost-shifting of mental health services from the federal level to the states is part of the problem. The states failed to fund these services, and the cost-cutting federal government refuses to modify this arrangement.

One of my all-time favorite heds is “Humungus Fungus Debate Amongus” which appeared May 31, 1992 reporting on a mushrooming controversy.

The particular kind of love relations that the speakers mostly have in mind in their speeches in Plato's dialogues are male same-sex relations, in accordance with Greek pederastic practices wherein mature men pursued younger men in order to serve as their mentors while receiving the young men’s sexual favors.