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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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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Join me in the wacky world of curious...
By Robert Whale • December 17, 2022 5:30 am

Sometimes when a bit of free time opens up, I like to go to the White River Valley Museum to…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Looking at common civility through the rearview mirror...
By Robert Whale • December 10, 2022 5:30 am

What madness overtakes otherwise decent people when they get behind the wheel of a car?

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Hilde at her 103rd birthday party. Photo by Alex Bruell.
Lessons from Hilde, who fled Nazi Germany for...
By Alex Bruell • December 9, 2022 1:30 pm

Here’s a few things my great-aunt would have liked you to know.

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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.
Highs and lows of brick-and-mortar holiday shopping |...
By Don C. Brunell • December 4, 2022 2:25 pm

The good news is, despite higher prices, inflation and safety concerns, more Christmas shoppers are browsing online as well as…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Once upon a time when snow always meant...
By Robert Whale • December 2, 2022 1:30 pm

Snowfall meant many things to our parents: shovel the walkway, put the chains on. To them, concern for the thousand…

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Tree lighting in Auburn | Cartoon by Frank...
December 2, 2022 12:30 pm

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Vital political lesson meets one of dad’s favorite...
By Robert Whale • November 25, 2022 1:30 am

As we all know by now, the recent midterm elections did not go as the polls, pundits and prognosticators had…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Thanksgiving and the Whale kitchen’s eternal warmth |...
By Robert Whale • November 20, 2022 5:30 am

Looking today at the North Auburn home in which I grew up fills me with wonder.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
The ‘ignoranting’ of Americans in the age of...
By Robert Whale • November 12, 2022 5:30 am

Many sweeping generalizations stalk our land today, making no distinctions between diverse people and institutions, but lumping them into one…

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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.
Honoring fallen heroes goes beyond lowering flags to...
By Don C. Brunell • November 11, 2022 2:25 pm

Lowering our flags to half-staff is a solemn act that recognizes our fallen heroes, whether they be men and women…

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Thank you for your service | Cartoon
November 11, 2022 2:00 pm

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Hatred is a paltry justification for another civil...
By Robert Whale • November 4, 2022 5:30 am

War is coming.

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Political commercial overload | Cartoon
November 4, 2022 5:30 am

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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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.
Are South King County’s poverty problems here to...
By Keith Livingston • October 29, 2022 5:30 am

What does success look like?

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Ode to old John Kirner and the memories...
By Robert Whale • October 29, 2022 5:30 am

I want to tell you a thing or two about an old friend.

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
The cost we pay for having a marketplace...
By Robert Whale • October 21, 2022 10:40 am

Ah, the internet, the internet, let us count the many blessings of the internet.

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