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…
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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…
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The impact and residue of wounding words | Whale’s Tales
My father, Maurice George Whale, was a man of many words.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Protect values and freedoms that make this country great | Whale’s Tales
Letting the essential pillars of our democracy fall doesn’t make a lick of sense to me.
Opinion
Without an independent judiciary, our rights are compromised | Guest column
Lately, the rule of law has been in the news and there have been calls to impeach judges.
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First Amendment thoughts ahead of weekend protests | Whale’s Tales
For all their flaws, the founders of the United States were brilliant.
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The concept of ‘habeas corpus’ deserves a closer look | Whale’s Tales
Here are a few helpful facts.
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Sometimes a politician’s instincts just stink | Whale’s Tales
Among the fascinating relatives of the noun “instinct” is the German term “Fingerspitzengefühl.”
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Still proud to be a word nerd after all these years | Whale’s Tales
My brothers and sisters tell me they have also been called to account for using “big words.”
Letters to the Editor
Financial literacy in schools: A path to economic mobility | Guest commentary
Imagine being asked to perform at a concert without ever taking piano lessons. Or read a novel without…
Opinion
Here come da judges — and thank God | Whale’s Tales
One more instance of a judge stepping forward at a moment of peril to our national life to…
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Tapping into the power of mental flexibility | Whale’s Tales
At this moment, many of our distracted countrymen glare at each other over a rigid barrier of hardened…
Opinion
Higher total taxes are making Washington unaffordable | Brunell
Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes, and fees on taxpayers. However, those added…