decorabilia

Mars rover Spirit is gone for good? Probably . Chronic Fatigue Syndrome caused by a rodent virus?? Probably not. Government funds ri...

Enjoy your vuvuzela, you germ-spreading hooligan, you.

Yesterday's Science Carnival at The Evergreen State College brought a lot of science, and a little bit of carnival, to the public. The ...

The story first caught my attention in November . Now, in a humane and insightful piece, the NY Times magazine gives the incredible, philoso...

One of the bigger surprises of the 2011 legislative session, at least from this board-certified teacher's perspective, is that the bonus...

For this post, I'm not going to focus on the budget deal now heading for the Senate , which includes a 1.9% pay cut for teachers, which ...

After school. The phone rings. I answer it, trepidatious. "Hi, this is [redacted] from Wal-Mart, hoping to talk with you about [reda...

Up until now, negotiations over worker's compensation were the major holdup in Washington state's budget wrangling. No more: A pa...

I. Earlier this year, I recommended Lawrence Rosenblum's See What I'm Saying , which explores the lesser-known aspects of sensatio...

Robert "Berd" Whitlock is one of Olympia's indispensables, a photographer who blends politics, philosophy and imagery from his...

The Washington State Senate has passed a bill re-legalizing indoor smoking-- in select locations. The plan would permit up to 100 cigar l...

The Rundown Last night's Olympia Awesome Film Festival , the first ever, showcased the talents of twenty filmmakers from all over the U...

Recently, a reader noted , I am having a lot of trouble defining "national interest". I feel like definitions are going to be ext...

Note: although I attended a political protest this past week, it was not this one. Nor did I give this speech.

Apologies to Wallace Stevens. One time, while surfing in the bluest ocean that ever evaporated into sky, I accidentally swallowed a sea sl...

WEA Chinook hosted an impromptu rally at the state capitol Tuesday, and about 110 teachers showed up to gather, mill about on the capitol ...

They're a little late to the party, but at least they have the story now. The Olympia School District is notifying 48 teachers this we...

Sartre meets Star Wars. [via Maggie Koerth-Baker ]

On some level, it's obvious that happiness is genetic. Your ability to think and feel come from the brain you own (and that owns you), ...

For a while, I was writing about educational issues on three blogs--this one, 5/17 , and Washington Teachers . At the time, it made sense to...