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

    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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    By Robert Whale • June 13, 2025 3:14 pm
    Opinion 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 | Guest column

    By Ketu Shah Presiding Judge, King County Superior Court
    Opinion Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.

    The concept of ‘habeas corpus’ deserves a closer look | Whale’s Tales

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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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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Fighting for a word whose meaning has taken...
    By Robert Whale • April 4, 2025 1:30 am

    As readers of this column may know by now, I am a word person.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    The road to my heart is filled with...
    By Robert Whale • March 28, 2025 7:30 am

    We got her from a friend of Ann’s, as one of the two remaining pups from a litter of nine.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Got me a few gripes about the doggone...
    By Robert Whale • March 21, 2025 1:30 am

    How does the old “Cheers” intro go?

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Have lunch with someone who disagrees with you...
    By Robert Whale • March 14, 2025 7:30 am

    On March 8, I met a reader and sometime critic of this column for lunch.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Still finding ways to stand in the sunshine...
    By Robert Whale • March 7, 2025 1:30 am

    As readers of this column may know by now, I am a terminal cancer patient.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Principles and ideas that are worth standing by...
    By Robert Whale • February 28, 2025 1:30 am

    In last week’s Whale’s Tales, I criticized the present administration in Washington, D.C. — not for its goals, but for…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    A little political lesson from Wile E. Coyote...
    By Robert Whale • February 21, 2025 1:30 am

    In a series of rules that Wile E. Coyote’s creator, Chuck Jones, laid down in 1948 to guide Warner Brothers’…

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    Auburn mayor, police chief respond to Nelson sentencing | Guest column
    Auburn mayor, police chief respond to Nelson sentencing...
    By Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus and Police Chief Mark Caillier • February 14, 2025 11:30 am

    Following the sentencing of former Officer Jeffrey Nelson to 16 years and 8 months in prison, several members of the…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Ordinary places and the hidden stories they tell...
    By Robert Whale • February 14, 2025 1:30 am

    Just last week, walking along Auburn’s East Main Street, I felt the past and its people all around me.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    The benefits of taking a good look at...
    By Robert Whale • February 7, 2025 1:30 am

    None of us looking at what’s happening in the world sees things exactly as the next guy does.

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