On the way home from work the other day, I listened to an interesting NPR story about conspicuous conservation, a play on Thorstein Veblen's (1899) notion of conspicuous consumption. In case you need ...

I’d love to be good at arts and crafts. Sadly, all I ever seem to make with any degree of success is a spectacular mess.

There was a full house Friday night for the opening night program at the Tomorrow Theater, in Southeast Portland. But though the special guest was David Byrne, known for such artistic achievements as ...