By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
As I write this, it’s late September and the season has come (probably long ago for those overachievers who aren’t into procrastination) for filling the …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
One of my idiosyncrasies (no, that doesn’t mean my idiotic episodes are well-timed; they usually come at the most inopportune moments) is a penchant for …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
No, I didn’t misspell that. I must say, with as much humility as I can muster, I’m one of the best spellers I’ve ever met …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
Meditation. Many people’s view of it is probably something like this: something flakey new-agers do while sitting cross-legged on a pillow in front of a …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
If we are to believe what much of the media – mainstream, social, alt, Russian troll – tells us, narrow-mindedness and intolerance have become the …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
I recently went to visit a friend in Port Townsend, via Anacortes, and while sitting in my car in an interminable line waiting for the …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
One of my favorite bands, The Avett Brothers, has a knack for writing wry, honest lyrics that confront the human condition. Their hit “Head Full …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
A few years ago I decided that being confined in a classroom with 25 7th graders who couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the geography …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
French philosopher Rene Descartes famously said “I think, therefore I am.” (Actually, he probably said “Je pense, donc je suis,” unless he made a habit …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
Right or wrong, good or bad, Beatles or Stones; in Buddhist philosophy we learn to steer away from classifying the world and our experiences with …
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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