Opinion
Why we need history majors to understand our future
“My job these days is looking for silver linings,” says Margaret O’Mara, history professor at the University of Washington.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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