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Opinion <p>Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.</p>

Revenge and score settling have no place in leadership | Whale’s Tales

In parts of the world, lives and battles lost more than 1,000 years ago still get human blood boiling.

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By Robert Whale • August 8, 2025 9:30 am
Opinion Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.

The impact and residue of wounding words | Whale’s Tales

By Robert Whale
Opinion Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.

Ode to the quirky people you meet in life | Whale’s Tales

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Four friends hiking. Photo courtesy of Trust for Public Land
King County Parks Levy is a critical investment...
By Mitsu Iwasaki Trust for Public Land • July 24, 2025 2:30 pm

Guest commentary.

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Civics Bee highlights the leaders of a bright future | Guest column
Civics Bee highlights the leaders of a bright...
By Kris Johnson, Association of Washington Business • July 18, 2025 3:05 am

As Maanha Nasir of Snoqualmie took the stage at last month’s National Civics Bee state championship, she spoke to judges…

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
This executive overreach should scare all Americans |...
By Robert Whale • July 18, 2025 1:30 am

As most of us learned at school, the U.S. Constitution requires a supermajority of three-fourths of the states to ratify any amendment.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
Wacky weather conspiracy theorists strike again | Whale’s...
By Robert Whale • July 11, 2025 1:30 am

The initial news was grim enough on its own: flash flooding in Central Texas had taken dozens of lives, with…

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
The not-so-obvious beauty of vintage films and stories...
By Robert Whale • July 4, 2025 1:30 am

Three or so years ago, I got into a conversation at a Starbucks with this young guy who swore he…

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
Even cancer has been, in many ways, a...
By Robert Whale • June 27, 2025 1:30 am

On Saturday, my right foot struck a stray rock on a sidewalk, and I went down, though without injury.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
Protect values and freedoms that make this country...
By Robert Whale • June 20, 2025 1:30 am

Letting the essential pillars of our democracy fall doesn’t make a lick of sense to me.

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The Hon. Ketu Shah is Presiding Judge of King County Superior Court. He served on the King County District Court from 2013 to 2019.
Without an independent judiciary, our rights are compromised...
By Ketu Shah Presiding Judge, King County Superior Court • June 14, 2025 8:30 am

Lately, the rule of law has been in the news and there have been calls to impeach judges.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
First Amendment thoughts ahead of weekend protests |...
By Robert Whale • June 13, 2025 3:14 pm

For all their flaws, the founders of the United States were brilliant.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
The concept of ‘habeas corpus’ deserves a closer...
By Robert Whale • June 6, 2025 7:30 am

Here are a few helpful facts.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
Sometimes a politician’s instincts just stink | Whale’s...
By Robert Whale • May 31, 2025 7:00 am

Among the fascinating relatives of the noun “instinct” is the German term “Fingerspitzengefühl.”

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
Still proud to be a word nerd after...
By Robert Whale • May 23, 2025 7:00 am

My brothers and sisters tell me they have also been called to account for using “big words.”

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
Here come da judges — and thank God...
By Robert Whale • May 17, 2025 6:30 am

One more instance of a judge stepping forward at a moment of peril to our national life to save our butts.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
Tapping into the power of mental flexibility |...
By Robert Whale • May 9, 2025 1:30 am

At this moment, many of our distracted countrymen glare at each other over a rigid barrier of hardened suspicion and…

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Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
Higher total taxes are making Washington unaffordable |...
May 4, 2025 2:15 pm

Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes, and fees on taxpayers. However, those added costs come…

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
A look at the fool’s potential radius of...
By Robert Whale • May 2, 2025 1:30 am

Ever since it invented the skid steer loader in 1960, the Bobcat Company claims on its website, it has “helped…

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
Looking through the rear-view mirror in my mind...
By Robert Whale • April 26, 2025 7:30 am

Road trips through the heart of Eastern Washington’s one-horse towns are among the most treasured memories of my childhood.

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King County Courthouse in Seattle. Courtesy photo
Jury service is the cornerstone of democratic participation...
By Judge Andrea King Robertson and Judge Mark A. Larrañaga • April 25, 2025 1:30 pm

Jury service is the most likely role residents will have in our justice system.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
A serious bone to pick with the powers...
By Robert Whale • April 18, 2025 7:00 am

Questioning methods, as I see it, has nothing to do with politics or personal animosities.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
Pondering life and death on this side of...
By Robert Whale • April 11, 2025 7:30 am

I no longer fear death itself, but I could do without dying.

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