Whale’s Tales
The past is like a foreign country — they do things differently there. Oddly enough, I’ve been thinking about those words lately in light of… Continue reading
Inside Politics
There’s a question hanging in the air: Can a Republican U.S. Senate candidate really win in Washington? Republican Tiffany Smiley will take on Senator Patty… Continue reading
Whale’s Tales
Ever since the day I discovered that Aplets and Cotlets, Cashmere-based Liberty Orchard’s name for Turkish Delight, the confection the White Witch fed Edmund in… Continue reading
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Whale’s Tales
My good friend, Mike Engen, told me that on one occasion when he was working for Rottles in the 1970s, he and a co-worker had… Continue reading
Inside Politics
Due to widespread community support at a King County Law Justice, Health and Human Services Committee meeting, and on a 5-1 vote, King County will… Continue reading
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Cartoon by Frank Shiers… Continue reading
Return Alaska to Russia? A month ago, such lunacy wasn’t newsworthy. But after Russia shockingly invaded Ukraine, anything is possible. The assault on Ukraine has… Continue reading
Whale’s Tales
October of 1929 would prove to be important in the lives of Auburn residents, though it would take time to determine just how important. Here’s… Continue reading
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Cartoon by Frank Shiers… Continue reading
Whale’s Tales
I’ve got a confession to make. I am obsessed with time. Can’t stop thinking about it. Getting older has convinced me that grown-ups and kids… Continue reading
Whale’s Tales
It is a July day in 1969, and I am with my family at Lake Surprise. I have just finished first grade in Mrs. Foster’s… Continue reading
Inside Politics
Was it only four years ago that 14 students and three staff members were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida? Everytime… Continue reading
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To say that anything is possible is to condition the sinister, pitfall corollary that nothing is ridiculous. So you told me, dad. All I can… Continue reading
Jayendrina Singha Ray
The metaverse is a space caught at the cusp of the physical and the nonphysical. Not a radically different space per se, but one that,… Continue reading
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Inside Politics
Mask mandates continue to fall in several other states like New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and will also change in California and Oregon… Continue reading
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