Life offers us no better mirror to the good and the bad in ourselves than marriage.
We find them everywhere we turn.
While the coronavirus clobbered many businesses, pharmacies were not among them. In fact, since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared…
It was a lazy Sunday afternoon at a fast food restaurant in Kirkland when a stranger’s mental meltdown surfaced without…
We all have moments in our lives that pink us up with embarrassment.
I grew up in a rather small house in the northeast Auburn of the 1960s and ‘70s.
As you know by now, I make my living writing the news.
Three years after crooks stole billions in unemployment insurance funds, federal and state officials are scrambling to retrieve the money…
An American woman was meeting with old friends shortly after her return from an extended stay overseas, when one of…
One night in 2016, my wife, Ann, and I were cruising through the vegetable aisle of a local supermarket when…
I recently witnessed an interaction between a homeowner trying to deal with having his green bin container picked up by…
I am a word person.
Cartoon by Frank Shiers
In 2023, one of the most significant shifts America needs is to return to an “all of the above” strategy…
From cartoonist Frank Shiers:
My brother, Jack, and I were jabbering on Christmas Eve about all the things we’ve done in our lives that…
The United Nations announced Nov. 8 that the world had just welcomed its 8 billionth human passenger.
One of the important lessons the dawning of each new year has taught me is the futility of making New…
The holiday season is an especially difficult time for anyone grieving lost loved ones. Evergreen wreaths placed on veterans’ graves…
I remember fondly the build-up to Christmas in the Whale home of my childhood.