Holidays whip up sweet and spicy memories of Captain Max that I stir into a new Spring casserole of vintage photos. Like onions, some make me cry, but

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 The online gathering carried a quiet urgency. Veterans, psychologists, and aid workers had come together to discuss something rarely visible in wartime

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After not attending since 2019, I arrived early for this year’s Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) at the University of Oregon Law

The portly man at the next table finished his breakfast, leaned in my direction, and asked: ”What’s in the news that’s so interesting?” “Iran,” I said,

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