Opinion
Thoughts on protests and freedom of speech in America | Whale’s Tales
Hundreds of people took to Auburn’s streets last Saturday to protest the policies of the Trump Administration.
Opinion
Reflections on an anniversary I am fortunate to reach | Whale’s Tales
On Saturday, Oct. 11, Ann and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary.
Letters to the Editor
Measure 8201 lets WA invest long-term care funds wisely
Whether you support the Long-Term Care Trust Fund or not, it’s critical that we manage its reserves wisely.…
Opinion
What’s happening was never what the founders intended | Whale’s Tales
An object may lean only so far to one side before it goes over, unless set upright again.
Opinion
Here’s why AI should scare the hell out of all of us | Whale’s Tales
The voices and images produced by artificial intelligence are all around us these days, and getting more convincing…
Opinion
Fault finding and political violence in today’s America | Whale’s Tales
The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, on Sept 10 at…
Opinion
A bit of healthy skepticism over ‘manifest and receive’ | Whale’s Tales
Create more financial flow, live with serenity and clarity, deepen relationships, heal your dying mother.
Opinion
Thoughts on the challenges of human relationships | Whale’s Tales
I have been thinking lately about the challenges of human relationships.
Opinion
When old age and cancer treatments collide | Whale’s Tales
I was walking along a hall at the weekly newspaper that first employed me one afternoon when I…
Opinion
Lessons from ‘Black Like Me’ have stayed with me | Whale’s Tales
I first read John Howard Griffin’s “Black Like Me” in Mrs. Dickinson’s seventh-grade English class at Cascade Junior…
Opinion
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…
Opinion
The impact and residue of wounding words | Whale’s Tales
My father, Maurice George Whale, was a man of many words.
Opinion
Ode to the quirky people you meet in life | Whale’s Tales
I have been thinking lately about our many quirks and contradictions.
Opinion
Civics Bee highlights the leaders of a bright future | Guest column
As Maanha Nasir of Snoqualmie took the stage at last month’s National Civics Bee state championship, she spoke…
Opinion
This executive overreach should scare all Americans | Whale’s Tales
As most of us learned at school, the U.S. Constitution requires a supermajority of three-fourths of the states…
Opinion
Wacky weather conspiracy theorists strike again | Whale’s Tales
The initial news was grim enough on its own: flash flooding in Central Texas had taken dozens of…
Opinion
The not-so-obvious beauty of vintage films and stories | Whale’s Tales
Three or so years ago, I got into a conversation at a Starbucks with this young guy who…
Opinion
Even cancer has been, in many ways, a blessing | Whale’s Tales
On Saturday, my right foot struck a stray rock on a sidewalk, and I went down, though without…