Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Could we pull together like the Ukrainians are doing? | Whale’s Tales

The past is like a foreign country — they do things differently there.

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

Opinion

U.S. Senate and Washington Legislature are the races to watch | Roegner

There’s a question hanging in the air: Can a Republican U.S. Senate candidate really win in Washington?

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Through a kid’s eyes: Wonders of Eastern Washington | Whale’s Tales

Ever since the day I discovered that Aplets and Cotlets, Cashmere-based Liberty Orchard’s name for Turkish Delight, the…

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Opinion

Spring Break in King County | Shiers

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Opinion

How about that landfill? | Shiers

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

When the Ku Klux Klan came to Auburn | Whale’s Tales

My good friend, Mike Engen, told me that on one occasion when he was working for Rottles in…

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

Opinion

The benefits of King County’s juvenile diversion program | Roegner

Due to widespread community support at a King County Law Justice, Health and Human Services Committee meeting, and…

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Opinion

Pot shop robberies | Shiers

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Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at thebrunells@msn.com.

Opinion

A few thoughts on Russia wanting Alaska back | Brunell

Return Alaska to Russia?

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

When the lights came on in Auburn | Whale

October of 1929 would prove to be important in the lives of Auburn residents, though it would take…

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Opinion

School zone cameras in South King County | Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Resurrecting old Auburn memories from a simpler time | Whale

I’ve got a confession to make. I am obsessed with time. Can’t stop thinking about it.

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Music at the intersection of past and present | Whale

It is a July day in 1969, and I am with my family at Lake Surprise. I have…

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

Opinion

A closer look at gun violence in King County and beyond | Roegner

Was it only four years ago that 14 students and three staff members were gunned down at Stoneman…

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Opinion

The Batman vs. The Mask Mandate | Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com

Opinion

Watching the social media and cable news train wreck | Whale

To say that anything is possible is to condition the sinister, pitfall corollary that nothing is ridiculous.

Jayendrina Singha Ray’s research interests include postcolonial studies, spatial literary studies, British literature, and rhetoric and composition. Prior to teaching in the U.S., she worked as an editor with Routledge and taught English at colleges in India. She is a resident of Kirkland.

Opinion

Metaverse: Old wine in a new bottle? | Guest column

The metaverse is a space caught at the cusp of the physical and the nonphysical. Not a radically…

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Opinion

Huge $1.45B revenue surplus | Shiers

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Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

Opinion

Is it the right time to lift indoor mask mandates? | Roegner

Mask mandates continue to fall in several other states like New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and…

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Opinion

About that Auburn officer’s hit-and-run | Shiers

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