Large gatherings of writers are normally not fun. More than two in a room are enough to make one wish for an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting instead, where more of the stories are true and no one asks you for your agent's email address. Yet, here I am, four hours into Portland's Wordstock [http://www.
A century later, a war of semantics engulfs the World War I-era banishment of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire. The urge to purge arose again, of course, on the U.S. West Coast during World War II. And generations later, people are still turning out other people. Even if they aren't killing them outr
The dirty mind boggles. Seattle has such a long and proud tradition. We offer some suggestions and desire yours.
It means doing battle with the heath-care industry during recovery and greeting annoyingly cheerful pedestrians during rehab.
The Discovery Institute's head uses the James Watson controversy to make a good point about the legacy of eugenics and the dangers it poses for the future. But the role of religion in that history shouldn't be given a free pass.
