We all know the meme, Sean Bean’s stark countenance reminding us that “winter is coming.” When the devastating “Polar Vortex” winter storm event was ripping across the country earlier this year the character actor’s warning was embedded in the content of several third and fourth-tier news outfits. Fortunately, Seattle was largely spared...

From a lengthy and apologetic email sent in the middle of last week by Seattle University President Fr. Stephen Sundborg, S.J., we learned that an error in the university’s tech infrastructure left the data of 628 students exposed—including Social Security numbers and medical information. According to the Chief Technology Officer Chuck Porter,...

I certainly have had an extra spring in my step--metaphorically at least--as a study was published earlier this week (to much fanfare) that America’s young people are much less obese than they used to be. I’ve been cynical for at least a decade and have long given up most hope for the wellbeing of our generation. Young people (and by young people...

Do you smell that, America? That’s the smell of things (kind of) getting better, and it’s fantastic. I mean, it may not be a full-blown odor yet, but it’s a whiff. I say let’s take what we can get at this point. Wednesday night news broke that Senate Republicans took an inspiring stand against radical right-wingers hoping to, once again,...