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Dear America: Jared Diamond thinks you should talk to someone

caption: Get thee to a therapist's office, stat.
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Get thee to a therapist's office, stat.

Why America needs to get on the couch. What to call the sleek, squared surfaces that loom large in the Seattle suburbs. And a look at Four Women, from the vantage point of Nina Simone.

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Jared Diamond, Upheaval

Our stressed out nation could use some therapy. That’s the conclusion of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jared Diamond. His wife’s training in crisis therapy inspired his new book Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis.

Kate Wagner, McMansion Hell

Maybe you’ve seen the blog McMansion Hell. But the McMansion has undergone a makeover – and turned into the bland McModern. Kate Wagner is the author of the blog McMansion Hell, and she has some things to say about the blocky monoliths rising on the Seattle skyline.

Valerie Curtis-Newton, Four Women

1963 was the year that turned artist Nina Simone into an activist. She threw herself into the politics of the time, releasing the song “Mississippi Goddam” in 1964. The story of that transformation is onstage now at the Seattle Repertory Theater. The play is called Nina Simone: Four Women; Marcie Sillman spoke to director Valerie Curtis-Newton.

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