A New Book: Autism and a Fulfilling Life
In Togo for the first time, Peter O’Neil found comfort and confidence in social situations that had previously eluded him. Immersion in a totally different culture enabled him to bloom, a new and welcome experience.
Trump Outrage-to-Come: Time to Worry About the Midterms
He has issued an executive order calling for states to require proof of citizenship, demanded that only votes arriving by Election Day be counted and urged states to abandon mail-in voting.
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The Data: Breathing May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Each year, the UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation collaborates with the Boston-based Health Effects Institute on a Global Air Report, tracking trends in air pollution and its impact on human health. The 2025 report is out now, and the results are not...
The Golden Age of Five Jewish Families in Seattle
Writing this book has been a way of reclaiming a piece of Seattle’s heritage. I hope readers come away with a deeper appreciation for how immigrant families helped shape our civic identity, and how cracks in history can become bridges between generations.Â
On the Mast: A Reason to Celebrate That Nobody Talks About
If the conversation around your holiday dinner table bogs down in yet another depressing regurgitation of the latest outrages issuing from the White House, remind everyone that we all have something truly important to celebrate.
A New Book: Autism and a Fulfilling Life
In Togo for the first time, Peter O’Neil found comfort and confidence in social situations that had previously eluded him. Immersion in a totally different culture enabled him to bloom, a new and welcome experience.
Junius Rochester: Appreciating Olympic National Park
Robert L. Woods' book is a welcome salute to the peaks, waterfalls, valleys, glaciers, salal bushes, bear, elk, deities, and goblins of this magical corner of the state of Washington.
Why Doug Varone Canceled His Kennedy Center Performances
The current Trump-Kennedy Center is not the one we contracted with. It now represents a regime that has repeatedly demonstrated its hostility to many in the arts and to freedom of expression.
Italian Notebook: A Community of Comedy, of Tragedy, of Turkey
The irony of the movie is that the real story is much more gripping than the fictional one. [...] Local people put their lives at risk not to protect bottles of table wine but to save soldiers and strangers.
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