Opinion

We'll skip over Native Americans harvesting clams at Three Tree Point, Mike Kelly trudging up from the Duwamish Valley to find a "sunny dale" or Gottlieb Von Boorian settling by his namesake lake. We'll start our tale from when we got here. By we…MORE

The papers have been full of stories lately about bullies in schools and it might make you think that big guys picking on little guys is something new. It is not, never has been. Little people have been low hanging fruit since Goliath.

I…MORE

Not much is written about a second chance at love in one’s so-called senior years. After all, people with children, grandchildren and maybe even great grandchildren aren’t expected to enter the dating scene in their advanced years. But everyone…MORE

If there's anybody who can "fool" anyone, that would be us - foolin' ourselves. And we don't always wait for April 1st to get the fooling done.

While fooling can be in all good fun, sometimes the truth of human behavior is funny enough for…MORE

A viaduct over the railroad tracks near our ancient rental house in north Portland was only three blocks away and adjoined a dense forested acreage just a block away. It was a great place for exploring, just like Africa.

We had ample…MORE

So now Highline has something in common with our big neighbor to the north-we're both looking for a new permanent school superintendent.

Highline Public Schools Superintendent John Welch announced March 17 that he is leaving to head the…MORE

By Paul Guppy

As a parent with children in Seattle Public Schools, I've seen firsthand how deeply teachers care about their students. And as foster parents, my wife and I have spent countless hours working with concerned teachers to get…MORE

by Debbie Smith

I’m not talking about the really bad guys; the ones who shouldn’t be walking our streets in the first place. I’m referring to the punks who drink too much and then create chaos on our City streets or who get in a fight or…MORE

By State Representative Reuven Carlyle

Reuven Carlyle represents the 38th District in the Washington State Legislature.

On Thursday the new revenue forecast was announced, and the state will have $700 million less in projected…MORE

While working at Boeing in 1943, I bought a 1933 Plymouth for $50. It was really beat up, rusting out and in need of motor work. But it steered more easily than my old Model A Ford. I drove it till the day my wife and I decided to have a…MORE