Opinion
So much in me, good and bad, I trace back to my old man | Whale’s Tales
This Sunday, like many folks across this nation will do and each in their own way, I will…
Opinion
The importance of independence in police investigations | Roegner
There have been many people of color harmed by police officers. While all are investigated, one of the…
Opinion
The search for common ground in our national gun conversation | Whale
Late last month, a small Texas city joined an ever-expanding list of cities and sites that none of…
Opinion
Public needs to hear and see both candidates for King County prosecutor | Roegner
There are bigger races than the race for King County prosecutor, such as U.S. Senate or Congress, and…
Opinion
The frustrating clash between reality and conspiracies | Whale
I have thinking lately about goofy, patently absurd notions.
Opinion
Another look at our complicated relationship with Boeing | Roegner
Boeing is planning to move again. But it is farther east rather than back here.
Opinion
From COVID to monkeypox | Shiers
After earlier identifying a presumptive case of monkeypox in King County, it was confirmed May 27 to be…
Opinion
Supreme Court’s draft to overturn Roe v. Wade sparks uproar in WA | Roegner
The Supreme Court appeared divided and also shaken by its private deliberations appearing on the front page of…
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Behind the appointment of King County’s new sheriff | Roegner
King County Executive Dow Constantine had three finalists to choose from when he decided who the next sheriff…
Opinion
Roe v. Wade and the road we have been down before | Whale’s Tales
I have been thinking a lot lately about the Prohibition Era in the United States and the fiery,…
Opinion
Here’s a theory on why people embrace all those crazy theories | Whale’s Tales
Not so long ago, one could have called me a dyed-in-the-wool, hard-core skeptic about cryptids.
Opinion
Police misconduct is getting expensive for taxpayers | Roegner
More cities and counties are avoiding trials and settling with the families of those who died at the…
Opinion
Changing tides: Learning and training in the Metaverse
The Indian Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, pushed the colonial classroom outdoors in 1901. No longer walled in by…
Opinion
Here’s how we foot the bill for reducing wildfires in WA | Brunell
Thinning public woodlands to remove millions of dead trees is a way to generate much needed cash to…
Opinion
Never miss a chance to treasure your mama | Whale’s Tales
With the approach of Mother’s Day, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my own mother, gone 16…