Opinion

I bumped into an old friend last week at the bank and had to catch up on her life since she last came to my house years ago to fix the leaky toilet. She was a fast worker and a whiz at plumbing.

Her name is Chickie Street. She once may…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

While last week I briefly mentioned Zombies and our rising obsession with all things undead, I never really got around to discussing Zombies themselves. I know, I know. I said I was going to review some of my favorite…MORE

By Rev. Judith Laxer

Harvesting happens in waves. If the weather was conducive, if you had time when the time was right, if you were successful in getting your seeds to sprout and your starts to root, you might have been harvesting your…MORE

(Editor’s Note: King County Executive Dow Constantine has issued this open letter to residents of the North Highline Unincorporated Area.)

The city of Burien proposal to annex the North Highline PAA will appear on your Nov. 6, 2012 general…MORE

Does Des Moines have too many or too few parking spaces downtown? Can customers occasionally walk a couple of blocks to get to a business or is that asking too much? Should businesses provide for their customer parking or should the taxpayers…MORE

Public sector unions have been in the forefront of news lately, whether in Wisconsin, Chicago or here in Seattle.

Unions have been with us for a long time, and historically they have served a vital purpose in correcting abuses and…MORE

When Big Mike Wasik joined the armed forces in 1917, the Great War was nearly over. That did not stop Uncle Sam from sending Mike to Germany where the Kaiser was already retreating.

Mike may have helped encourage that retreat but at…MORE

Remember the 1966 TV episode of Batman in which Catwoman stole the voices of British teen idols Chad and Jeremy?

Neither do I.

But I do recall Chad and Jeremy as one of the British Invasion bands, including most notably the Beatles…MORE

By Lisa Macfarlane

One size does not fit all. As great as many of our schools are, we have far too many children dropping out of school and having doors of opportunity closed on them. An unconscionable number of students--14,000 -- drop…MORE

Have you ever flung a snowball at car on the road? Did you sneak some apples off your neighbor’s tree? Did you tear your best pants and lie to your mother about how it happened? You are not alone. As the bestest boy on Vancouver ave. I did those…MORE