Barred Owl by the Bybee Bridge

December 9, 2022
I literally jumped in surprise when, crossing the Bybee Bridge, I felt a pair of beetle black eyes staring at me and what I had taken for a plastic bag snagged in the branches turned out to be a Barred Owl perched hardly five feet away and right at …

Morning-After Pill "Freebies" Highlight Abortion Divide

November 1, 2022
A few weeks after the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade, I accidentally opened a bright-pink mailer addressed to my daughter. She was driving back to college in Northern California from our home in Los Angeles when I texted her: Call me as soon …

We did it. What a year.

November 12, 2020
We started in February. Then came the pandemic. Then came the death of George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, and all the unnamed victims before them. Then came the unmarked Federal vans full of Trump soldiers. Then came the forest fires that closed our city …

Coming Soon: Relaunch of Northwest Review in Fall of 2020

February 13, 2020
We are now actively soliciting subscribers for our relaunch of Northwest Review. Subscriptions are available for $60 annually (includes three print issues). Donations of $200 will qualify for a half-page ad in the journal; $500 donations will qualify …