History
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A couple years ago now, my grandmother died from old age. In her last few years of life, she had ever-worsening dementia. Her memory faded in and out through the months and years until she was a shell of her former self. Today, I think we have a sort of American Dementia. Dementia is a
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The story of Sparta’s 300 is one of the Western World’s most famous histories. It speaks to courage and camaraderie, duty and execution. But have you heard of Gli Arditi del Popolo (The People’s Braves)? During WWI, Italy was bogged down in brutal trench warfare and sought a way to change the tempo of the
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“If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.”― Henry
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*UPDATE: As of March 28, Italy has dramatically changed its Jure Sanguinis law to limit eligibility. While it is likely to face constitutional challenges, much of the information below about eligibility (like the flow chart) is not currently accurate. Mi dispiace.* The winds are changing around us. People of all temperaments can feel it, though
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Westlake Park is one of Downtown Seattle’s better civic spaces. With space for politics, chess games, art, community events, and seating, it has all of the makings of a quality public forum. In result, there is regularly a steady, diverse crowd enjoying the park. As Downtown Seattle becomes more resident focused and rebuilds its retail
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In Uptown, a Catholic church houses a recast bell from the Stuckstede Bell Foundry Co., connecting Seattle and St. Louis history.
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Following the 1904 World’s Fair, Skinker DeBaliviere turned from farmland to a dense urban neighborhood. For more on the broader neighborhood history, consider reading Celebrating Skinker DeBaliviere – it is as fine a neighborhood history as I’ve ever read. By 1912 in the southeastern corner of the neighborhood, an R.O. Brown Real Estate Company applied
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The husky has represented the University of Washington for over 100 years now. But Sunny, a young All-American boy with a positive demeanor and a bumbershoot at his feet, preceded the husky as an official mascot. He was a sun dodger, eluding that bright orb in the sky as he nestled into the green and
Tony Chiado 