This morning, the federal judges for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington unanimously appointed veteran local attorney Roger Rogoff as our US attorney, and he was sworn in by Chief Judge David Estudillo. At 8:30...
Finland did build one of the world’s most admired education systems around trust rather than constant inspection, competition and high-stakes testing. It did not, however, win an objective global title for the “most trusted education system.” No authoritative international...
The third week of July is when rain may not be enough to keep your perennials and shrubs in good health.
Designing a landscape that can survive on rainfall alone is a practical way to cut back on your monthly...
The third week of July is when rain may not be enough to keep your perennials and shrubs in good health.
Designing a landscape that can survive on rainfall alone is a practical way to cut back on your monthly...
Picture a memory you are sure of. Not a fuzzy one, a solid one. Say a childhood scene where you got separated from your parents in a big shop, felt that cold drop in your stomach, and then a...
When I was a kid in the 1950s, I had an aunt and uncle who got stuck in the past.
They were John Birchers who feared that Communists would take over the world. They saw Communists everywhere, especially in the...
When I was a kid in the 1950s, I had an aunt and uncle who got stuck in the past.
They were John Birchers who feared that Communists would take over the world. They saw Communists everywhere, especially in the...
What follows is reading and reflection on published psychology research, not advice. We are writers, not psychologists or therapists. The studies here are observational and experimental work on group averages, and a pattern across a sample is not a...
Tax the Rich Already! Gov. Bob Ferguson has joined the campaign to fight Initiative 645, which would repeal the Millionaires Tax that Ferguson signed into law in March. I-645 is Trump-loving millionaire Brian Heywood’s attempt to repeal the tax...
Give someone five compliments and one insult in the same afternoon, and the insult is what they carry home. This lopsidedness seems like a glitch in the wiring. It is not. It appears to be one of the more...
