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McVeigh’s Earplugs, and The Militia

By Scott North on April 22, 2010

It was the earplugs that really got to her. Penny Cockerell and I sat near Boston, the cradle of the American Revolution. We talked about the self-described “patriot” Timothy McVeigh. It had always bothered her, Penny said, that McVeigh had earplugs in his pocket when the cops caught him about an hour after his truck [...]

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Scott North: On Connections

By Scott North on February 10, 2010

I’m in the newsroom today but my thoughts are with my friends, and a journey they are making with a loved one. Among the beautiful traditions of the Tulalip Indian Reservation are the ways the community grieves. When somebody dies, their family and friends gather at the tribal headquarters on the shore of Tulalip Bay. [...]

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‘The Lasting Power in Words’

By Scott North on January 27, 2010

Many of us have been transfixed watching the horror unfold in Haiti, and appropriately so. Words fail. And as some of the world’s wisest trauma experts have now demonstrated, that’s because there truly are limits on our ability to use language to convey awful truths. We journalists also know the lasting power in words, and [...]

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