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Rich Wandschneider

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Building a house of cards in the rural West

In places like Joseph, Ore., land values are through the roof, immense palaces are being erected for people who only live there part-time. Ordinary people are out of work, and only a struggling handful of year-round residents are likely to remain. When will it fall apart?

Rich Wandschneider is the executive director of Fishtrap, Inc., an organization focused on promoting and encouraging the work of Western writers. He lives in Enterprise, Oregon.
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Heart attack on McCain

I saw this coming. Last night after John McCain's GOP convention speech, the hall was blasted with the sounds of Seattle band Heart's rocker "Barracuda," which became the convention's theme music for Sarah "Barracuda" Palin (Barracuda was a high-school nickname). I figured an objection would be raised.

'Me' for president

Palin wouldn't be the first Northwest secessionist on a national ticket

Arts Beat »

Leader of African-American lecture forum is departing

Stephanie Ellis-Smith, who founded the Central District Forum for the Arts 10 years ago, says it's time to move on.

The music you like tells a lot about your personality

The rebirth of activist theater

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Palin is not a foe of Big Oil — she's an oil baron, too

In Alaska, she wasn't defying the oil companies in the way most would understand it. She was trying to get more money out of exploiting the state's resources.

The view from Skid Road

How Google plans to crush Microsoft

Politics / Government »

Bob Herbert: John McCain, you're no populist

"If there were any good ideas at this convention of mostly rich and mostly right-wing delegates about how to haul the country out of this mess that the G.O.P. has gotten it into, they were kept well hidden. Perhaps they were tucked away behind the more prominently displayed creationism and 'just-say-no to global warming' documents."

Palin is not a foe of Big Oil — she's an oil baron, too

How pro-life absolutism conflicts with the family-values agenda

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Our Convention Center has growing pains

Seattle's Convention Center is taking a close look at expanding, perhaps at a different location. It might complicate the coming legislative session if it puts its hand in the state trough of money for tourism-related taxes. Also crowding around the trough are the Huskies, King County arts, Seattle Center, KeyArena, low-income housing, Puget Sound cleanup, and more. And the Convention Center might topple some other interesting transportation dominoes.

Mount Baker

A new wine region emerges in Colorado

Recreation / Outdoors »

Mount Baker

In Washington's Cascade Mountains.

Proposed: Rename Seattle's Freeway Park for Jim Ellis, civic leader

Whassup with Wasilla

Lifestyle / Leisure » Kindle.

My word of mouth on Kindle

A veteran author and book lover gives props to Kindle, despite Amazon's lack of advertising for the electronic reading device.

The music you like tells a lot about your personality

Final episodes: Northwest Afternoon sails into the sunset

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In touch with the average American

That seems to be a virtue everyone can agree on this campaign season. So let's define what that means.

The funny thing about Seattle ...

'Drill their brains out!'

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