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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Life lessons lurk behind every look in the...
By Robert Whale • March 10, 2023 1:45 pm

Life offers us no better mirror to the good and the bad in ourselves than marriage.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Victim energy is a siren song to which...
By Robert Whale • March 3, 2023 1:30 am

We find them everywhere we turn.

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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.
Pandemic made us realize the value of local...
By Don C. Brunell • March 2, 2023 12:40 pm

While the coronavirus clobbered many businesses, pharmacies were not among them. In fact, since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared…

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Andy Hobbs can be reached at ahobbs@soundpublishing.com.
King County’s mental health tax is a bold...
By Andy Hobbs • February 24, 2023 1:30 am

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon at a fast food restaurant in Kirkland when a stranger’s mental meltdown surfaced without…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Public shaming of a dance floor klutz and...
By Robert Whale • February 24, 2023 1:30 am

We all have moments in our lives that pink us up with embarrassment.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Family home’s noisy soundtrack still plays in my...
By Robert Whale • February 17, 2023 1:30 am

I grew up in a rather small house in the northeast Auburn of the 1960s and ‘70s.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
P.T. Barnum would be proud of today’s golden...
By Robert Whale • February 10, 2023 1:30 am

As you know by now, I make my living writing the news.

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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.
It’s time to stop crooks from scamming unemployment...
By Don C. Brunell • February 9, 2023 11:00 am

Three years after crooks stole billions in unemployment insurance funds, federal and state officials are scrambling to retrieve the money…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
For the love of wordplay and timeless family...
By Robert Whale • February 4, 2023 1:30 am

An American woman was meeting with old friends shortly after her return from an extended stay overseas, when one of…

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Robert Whale
A better life comes from learning to distinguish...
By Robert Whale • January 25, 2023 7:30 am

One night in 2016, my wife, Ann, and I were cruising through the vegetable aisle of a local supermarket when…

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Keith Livingston is a retired municipal management professional, lifelong artist and Federal Way resident. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
Homeowner’s behavior toward waste worker is pure garbage...
By Keith Livingston • January 20, 2023 5:05 am

I recently witnessed an interaction between a homeowner trying to deal with having his green bin container picked up by…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Ode to the man who mastered the art...
By Robert Whale • January 14, 2023 5:30 am

I am a word person.

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Go Seahawks! | Cartoon by Frank Shiers
January 13, 2023 3:25 pm

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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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.
America needs ‘all of the above’ energy approach...
By Don C. Brunell • January 7, 2023 5:25 am

In 2023, one of the most significant shifts America needs is to return to an “all of the above” strategy…

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Welcome to the big show, Dori | Shiers
January 6, 2023 11:50 am

From cartoonist Frank Shiers:

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
‘I must have driven through a barn’ and...
By Robert Whale • January 6, 2023 11:45 am

My brother, Jack, and I were jabbering on Christmas Eve about all the things we’ve done in our lives that…

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Keith Livingston is a retired municipal management professional, lifelong artist and Federal Way resident. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
Let’s say our 8 billionth person was born...
By Keith Livingston • January 6, 2023 5:05 am

The United Nations announced Nov. 8 that the world had just welcomed its 8 billionth human passenger.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
When old age asks the new year for...
By Robert Whale • December 31, 2022 5:30 am

One of the important lessons the dawning of each new year has taught me is the futility of making New…

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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.
Wreaths honor veterans at cemeteries across America |...
By Don C. Brunell • December 24, 2022 5:25 am

The holiday season is an especially difficult time for anyone grieving lost loved ones. Evergreen wreaths placed on veterans’ graves…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Remembering the joys of Christmas with the family...
By Robert Whale • December 23, 2022 3:00 pm

I remember fondly the build-up to Christmas in the Whale home of my childhood.

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