I remember watching when I was a kid as my older sister and then my three brothers hit sixth grade,…
Cartoon by Frank Shiers
I have been thinking lately about all the people who by some dark mechanism have managed to willfully blind themselves…
I am a student of language. However, I never criticize spoken goofs. That could earn me a smack, well earned….
In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on the grounds that…
It is 12:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3.
In a United States not so far away and not so long ago, common sense muscled lunatic ideas to the…
Karen Lee, a U.S. Army veteran and CEO of Plymouth Housing, shares why King County voters should vote to approve Proposition 1.
I have been writing this opinion column ever since my return from the extended time I took off to deal…
Apparently, word about our adventure got around, as for weeks we were the butt of jokes at school.
The good news is this state’s cherry crop looks good — a marked improvement over 2022. It is sweetening our…
By Jayendrina Singha Ray, Guest columnist
The summer before I graduated from college, an unasked-for “bolt from the blue” changed my life.
By Melinda Young-Flynn, Washington State Budget and Policy Center
I need to follow up what I said in last week’s column about scars.
Cartoon by Frank Shiers.
“In a dark time the eye begins to see …”
Each life is composed of an infinity of tiny brushstrokes.
When Oregon enacted the nation’s first bottle bill in 1971, it was intended to reduce litter on the state’s beaches,…
One thing aging has taught me: kids live in another world than I do.
