Denver Visiting with historians at Oregon State University who were trying to get a grip on what is happening in the US and the world today and how it lines up with other epochs was a fascinating experience. In this country, and so much of the world, the contemporary focus seems to dwell on the …
Life Stirring in “Remnant” Unions in Pacific Northwest
Corvallis Driving through rush hour on both sides of Portland early in the morning in route to Oregon State University I was listening to an interview on KBOO, the 50-year old community radio station broadcasting from that city. The interview was with a professor at Berklee Music College in the Boston area who didn’t teach …
New Neighborhood Data Offers Clues without Conclusions
Seattle Flying into Seattle I had in my hands an article about neighborhoods in Seattle and how they influenced, and perhaps determined, the future of children raised in those neighborhoods. The article was based on Census data tracked assiduously by Bureau statisticians and researchers from Brown and Harvard Universities. When we think about predictive data, …