Opinion

(Editor’s Note: Ken Robinson is substituting this week for Jerry Robinson.)

Because Valentine's Day is approaching, we were talking about women when Irv, the sous chef , came out from behind the prep area with a knife and asked, "When do…MORE

Do you know why I haven’t moved from my property since 1947? I can’t part with my stuff, that’s why. The article in the WS Herald about the woman who helps you downsize is right down my alley. But I don’t know if I could ever allow a stranger…MORE

The big tease finally delivered the goods.

Maybe not the HISTORIC! foot or two hyped but a respectable 4-8 inches of snow finally came to Highline early Wednesday morning last week. Can you imagine Eastern Washington residents turning a…MORE

While I feel an urge to pay homage to Chicken Little and run screaming “The sky is falling!” many a news crew has already done that. I don't think it remains any mystery that Seattle's recent white weather has been beautifully disastrous for many…MORE

By Nancy Woodland

With the snow melting outside my window, I think of the families served by local food banks, WestSide Baby, and other important social service agencies that have been closed by the snow. I woke this morning wondering…MORE

I admit, I never slalomed with grace in my skiing days on Mt Hood. Catching an edge to me was getting in front of the ticket line at 7:59 a.m. Getting in line early meant one more run down the slopes before lunch. In those days there were no…MORE

Believe it or not, I haven’t had a serious session at a beauty salon for about eighteen years. I am not counting a little trim I had a couple of years ago when I thought it was time to even up the spots that I had cut by myself and decided the…MORE

Take Two #13: The Time of our Lives

The New Year's resolution is all about getting a fresh start, about examining your life and seeing which parts of it you like and which parts you might want to tweak for the better. I know I'm not the…MORE

At age 12, I, like my four brothers, became an indentured servant at the weekly newspaper published by our father.

Dad told us we needed to learn the meaning of work. We dutifully headed to the office on our bikes after school. There, in…MORE

[Insert epic movie trailer voice.] Oh. My. Gawd. It's the year two-thousand and twelve, and we're all gonna die. You have been warned. [End epic voice.]

Or something like that, right? In 2008-9 Columbia Pictures launched a stealth…MORE