Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume 55, Issue 13, November 21, 2008

It was like the closing scene of the most melodramatic Dickens novel, in which some noble and generous sentiment finally, miraculously, triumphs over the dark forces of suspicion, greed, and deceit, bringing together a fractured family and a frayed community in a celebration of hope and possibility.

Tacoma Weekly, January 27, 1010

It is not too late to make a New Year’s resolution: Vote “yes” on the Tacoma school levies that come before us on Feb. 9.

Is this the best investment to make at a time when families are already feeling the pinch of high unemployment, vanishing savings accounts, record home foreclosures, and strained credit markets? Absolutely, and there are three good reasons for it.