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By Jerry Bryan A north star is, for example, forest restoration. Atomic restoration is a constellation of north stars. — Matt King, low-carbon energy expert  Born and raised in the Columbia River Gorge on the border of Washington and Oregon downwind of what is now the Hanford Manhattan Project National Historic

By Anonymous MD I am a physician, a husband, and a father. I am a religious man; my faith is at the very center of my life. I am politically conservative and subscribe to Objectivist philosophy, which focuses on pursuing solutions that are logical and evidence-based. I believe in small

This post is lightly edited and adapt from Sam Gittleman's Substack. A minute into the opener’s set, a security guard approached me in the general admission section’s only row of seats and softly asked if I had reserved ADA accommodations. I didn’t know you could,

Written by Tangle readers Elli Purtell and Sarah Gripshover. We’re writing in response to a piece that ran in our local newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois, by a concerned woman who saw a young girl playing alone in a park and urged caution and parental supervision. We have no

I came into this world sixty-nine years ago. Growing up, I don’t remember my parents ever discussing politics. I guess they were too busy working to feed and clothe three kids, fighting about God knows what, dealing with my older brother’s mental illness, and eventually divorcing when I

This piece was authored anonymously by an independent middle school teacher, whose own children attended and graduated from Seattle Public Schools, and her husband works in Seattle Public Schools. They have taught in independent, public, and international schools in the Middle East and Europe as well as in Seattle.  Seattle

Editor's note: Identifying information has been generalized or changed to protect the anonymity of the kitties (honestly). The Sunday morning routine starts the same. Check the back of the car for the tub of dry cat food (currently half full), the wet-food cans (plenty), and two water jugs