Opinion

Nearly four months after the season started, the last of the Chief Sealth Winter sports teams concluded their season last night, when the boys basketball team was defeated in a winner-to-state, loser-out game versus Franklin High School. While…MORE

I was disrespectful of Governor Gregoire when she signed Senate Bill 6130, gutting voter-approved I-960. I attended the public bill signing wearing a suit-and-tie and standing beside her, I held my nose with one hand and went thumbs down with…MORE

Though I spent most of my boyhood Great Depression years walking through summer barefooted except at Sunday school, I enjoyed some store bought shoes sometimes.

We lived on a macadam street and it had lots of cracks that somebody filled…MORE

Although it's a couple of weeks past, the blush of Valentine's Day is still in the air -- especially for Chalmers, 98, and Evelyn Elliott, 89, who just celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary. It's nice to know that love really can last a…MORE

When I fractured my leg the middle of July by slipping in the shower, I ended up sedated and at Highline Medical Center in Burien under the care of a hip repair surgeon.

I didn't know what arrangement for my recovery Elsbeth made, but…MORE

By Chris Leman

The 2010 Priorities document that the Seattle City Council released at its Feb. 22 meeting was developed without public notice or input and in violation of the spirit and letter of Washington's Open Public Meetings Act.…MORE

The Seattle City Council's "2010 Priorities" document released Feb. 22 was developed contrary to open government, and its priorities are out of balance. Here’s what was wrong with the process and what is missing from the Council’s priorities…MORE

I knew Tom Stewart-- for one day.

Most of us had an image of the man who ruled Vashon Island at his huge farm called Misty Isle. He operated an empire of thousands of employees supplying millions of dollars of edibles to countless…MORE

This past week “US News and World Report,” a well respected weekly news magazine, brought out its list of the “Finest High Schools in the United States.” You can view this at http://www.usnews.com/highschools.

US News takes a more, in my…MORE

Ed. Note: This piece originally appeared in Tim Burgess' "City View" newsletter. Education has been in the news a lot lately. Seattle voters once again granted supplemental funding for our public schools by overwhelmingly approving two Seattle…MORE