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New Year’s Eve 2021 at the Space Needle … | Frank Shiers
Cartoon by Frank Shiers
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Don’t fool yourself: COVID’s tentacles are long enough to reach even you | Robert Whale
From March 2020 until recently, it seemed to me that COVID-19 always hit someone far off, the man…
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The cruising altitude of Christmas | Guest column
While flying back east over the holidays to speak at a church, I made note of the different…
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Mourning the loss of civility – with hope for its return | Robert Whale
We cannot help but collect them as we grow older: memories, steeped in the golden waters of nostalgia.
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Violent crime moves local mayors to action | Roegner
It is Christmas throughout the region, and Jim Ferrell, Nancy Backus, Dana Ralph and Armondo Pavone have more…
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Understanding the Taiwanese perspective | Guest column
Being Asian in America is a complex experience primarily because the term “Asian” singularizes and organizes a cacophonic…
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Surprising glimpses at bogus remedies and local personal lives | Robert Whale
The past is like a foreign country; they do things differently there.
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Speculation on who might run in 2022 elections | Roegner
If you’re not planning to run for office in 2022, you can enjoy the holidays with your family.
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Our recovery hinges on people returning to work | Brunell
To “Build Back America,” people must return to work.
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Gunfight at the South King corral | Frank Shiers
Mayors of South King County cities met privately recently as the first step in addressing the surge of…
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Justice Center: Old Auburn building with a storied past | Robert Whale
Perhaps I’m weird, but I have always enjoyed looking at Auburn’s older buildings and imagining what they were…
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Message to Sound Transit: Not in my backyard | Roegner
It is easy to oppose something you don’t like – particularly if it is expensive – but also…
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2022 Legislature is on the horizon – here’s what to expect | Roegner
The upcoming session of the Washington state Legislature will be the short session, but it will also be…
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Looking back on indelible holidays | Robert Whale
If you’re lucky, you have a lot of them to look back on from kidhood.
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Do we take our neighboring nations for granted? | In Focus
Does the United States take Canada and Mexico for granted? The United States is in a unique geopolitical…
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It’s time to talk turkey about turkeys | Guest column
So how do you feel about turkeys? When I was 12 years old, turkey was not my favorite…
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Not much changed from what we knew on election night | Roegner
This column was due before the election was certified. However, not much changed from what we knew on…
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Let’s mark the former White River channel through Auburn | Robert Whale
The White River channel that once flowed through Auburn dried up more than 100 years ago, but it…
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Honoring heroes goes beyond lowering flags to half-mast | Brunell
Lowering our flags to half-staff seems to be an all too familiar sight these days. It is a…