Kevin Allman wonders if wine writer Eric Asimov is too cozy with the owners of a restaurant he praised. His is among other provocative questions posed by Stumptown bloggers recently.
It often takes public outcry to prompt prosecution of assaults or harassment that are motivated by bias. So what explains the frequent failure of police in Seattle and elsewhere to identify and...
Top: <i>Mount Jefferson, Oregon, 1891</i>, by Myra Albert Wiggins, part of the Western photography collection at the Portland Art Museum. Bottom: <i>Arrival of the Westerners</i>, Japanese, 17th century.