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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.
Cash for empty bottles would make sense in...
By Don C. Brunell • June 16, 2023 11:40 am

When Oregon enacted the nation’s first bottle bill in 1971, it was intended to reduce litter on the state’s beaches,…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Time to check my watch as the seasons...
By Robert Whale • June 16, 2023 1:30 am

One thing aging has taught me: kids live in another world than I do.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Ignorance takes a prominent seat at today’s table...
By Robert Whale • June 9, 2023 1:30 am

In the film “Matilda,” the girl’s father, Harry Wormwood, in conversation with Matilda’s teacher, Miss Honey, belittles educated people.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
The frustrating history behind the U.S. debt ceiling...
By Robert Whale • June 2, 2023 1:30 am

The debt ceiling “crisis” infuriates me.

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Remember and honor | Cartoon by Frank Shiers
May 27, 2023 11:30 am

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Artificial intelligence will test our boundaries of rationality...
By Robert Whale • May 26, 2023 1:30 am

Consider this hypothetical scenario.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
What it means to be in touch with...
By Robert Whale • May 19, 2023 1:30 am

The longtime political writer and nationally syndicated columnist Charles McDowell once described a politician who, “had his ear so close…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Somewhere along the line, compromise became a dirty...
By Robert Whale • May 12, 2023 1:30 am

It’s out there.

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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.
Agriculture is the backbone of state’s economy |...
By Don C. Brunell • May 10, 2023 11:40 am

Some would argue that spring is the most wonderful time of the year in Washington. Throughout our state the fruit…

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Blame the Republicans | Cartoon by Frank Shiers
May 5, 2023 1:30 am

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
The right books are bound to make a...
By Robert Whale • May 5, 2023 1:30 am

Many of us have read books that changed the way we look at the world.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
The danger behind saying ‘We’ve always done it...
By Robert Whale • April 28, 2023 1:30 am

Neurologists tell us that human beings lay down fresh connections in their brains when they learn new things.

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
How about that King County property tax vote?...
April 21, 2023 1:30 am

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
The ‘elite’ can learn a thing or two...
By Robert Whale • April 21, 2023 1:30 am

I have been thinking lately about the word “elite.”

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Here’s what communist and totalitarian trials really look...
By Robert Whale • April 14, 2023 1:30 am

In the 1968 film “Oliver!,” the murderous Bill Sykes’ doomed lover, Nancy, leads pub revelers in a round of “Oom…

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Trick question from the Legislature? | Shiers
April 12, 2023 1:30 pm

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Honesty should not be sacrificed for partisan games...
By Robert Whale • April 7, 2023 12:30 pm

While none of the responses I received to the Dec. 17 column about Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit against Fox…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Early memories stay afloat in my stream of...
By Robert Whale • March 31, 2023 1:30 am

If we recall anything of our first years of life, it likely comes to our consciousness only in isolated, bright…

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Magic at the Washington State Supreme Court |...
March 27, 2023 4:00 pm

Cartoon by Frank Shiers: “On March 24, the state Supreme Court ruled that the capital gains tax was constitutional. They…

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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.
Skilled worker shortage could derail electrification goals |...
By Don C. Brunell • March 25, 2023 12:40 pm

In the race to “electrify everything,” there are glitches that may derail the plan over the next 20 years. One…

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