Opinion

Times are tough, no doubt about it. Jobs are scarce. That's why you have to scare them up. I've done that in spades--and with spades--for as long as I can remember. My first job was selling apples from our backyard tree. That worked out fine…MORE

When I first met Steve Darland he was a fresh faced young man still in high school, hanging out with my #2 son, Kenneth. Both graduated from Highline High School in 1962.

Steve's dad worked at a car lot on 1st Avenue. I needed a car. His…MORE

With an unyielding and determined look on his face, Richard C. Finnell, leaned waaaay back while holding his other leg out front at a knee-high kick position when he fired off a fast-spinning baseball that whizzed right by the startled batter’s…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Back in mid-February I wrote a column about the difference between abortion and contraception. This was in response to employers being unwilling to provide contraceptive health insurance for their employees. As you may…MORE

I had to laugh when I heard that carpetbagger Chris Hansen, the San Francisco hedge-fund manager who wants us to help him build a basketball arena in Seattle, said he would pay for traffic studies.

Talk about the fox guarding the henhouse…MORE

I've been singing a sad song about car ownership ever since I left my brother's car on the Hawthorne St. Bridge in Portland in 1939. While it was only an empty gas tank then, I've had numerous occasions to sing the blues.

It may have been…MORE

(Editor’s Note: Usually, Lee Ryan profiles a Highline senior with interesting tales to tell. But in a Seattle film writing class, she met a Hollywood legend, who is now a lively Seattle senior. She decided to present his story this week.)

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By Kyra-lin Hom

Does anybody else feel like the Northwest is going crazy? For the last several weeks, I swear every time I turn around there is a new report of a local shooting, stabbing or sexual assault. And let's not forget that a good…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Looking through my diaries which I have kept for many years I realize that I have chronicled all those people who have made an impression on me. As the saying goes, no person is an island. Well, actually the…MORE

I had to laugh when I heard that carpetbagger Chris Hansen, the San Francisco hedge-fund manager who wants us to help him build a basketball arena in Seattle, said he would pay for traffic studies.

Talk about the fox guarding the henhouse…MORE