Opinion

The Seattle Community Council Federation is calling on the Seattle City Council to make major improvements in open government proposals it is considering at a Dec. 7 public hearing, Dec. 9 committee meeting and Dec. 14 full council meeting.

How can you identify a potential murderer? Do they walk different, talk different - look like everyday folks?

Do they appear as harmless as a toothless dog, when truth is their brain is brewing up a hurricane-force storm of hatred and/or…MORE

I've always wanted to be invited to one of those multi-day, wild-and-crazy wedding extravaganzas in an exotic location.

I've seen those events in movies set in Las Vegas or on a private estate with stars like Vince Vaughn or Cameron Diaz.…MORE

Aren't You Bob Snyder?

This was fun. I knew Bob Snyder almost 60 years ago when we were both members of the Early Birds Toastmasters Club in White Center.

Here he is today. He was shopping with his wife Lois at Burien Fred Meyer.…MORE

By Chris Leman and Jeannie Hale, Seattle Community Council Federation

The Seattle Community Council Federation is calling on the Seattle City Council to make major improvements in open government proposals it is considering at a Dec. 7…MORE

Leaving for work this morning I parked Old Greenie in the driveway while I locked the gate.

Walking back to the van I spot a set of muddy tracks across the asphalt that adjoins the concrete drive. I’d seen them before, last year at this…MORE

Attending our local school board meetings and at the State Director’s meeting I keep running into the same plan for increasing student achievement.

This is the first priority of the School Director’s organization, presumably force fed to…MORE

The Obama administration said last Monday that it would increase the pressure on banks to help troubled homeowners permanently lower mortgage payments. The government blames banks and mortgage companies for dragging their feet and, under the new…MORE

Last week I bought tickets to attend plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in October 2010, eleven months into the future. Folly or faith, I wondered, as I typed my credit card number into the computer.

One of my favorite authors, Anne…MORE

"Do you watch that show, 'The Biggest Loser?' many clients start out asking me. "Let's do what they do!"

I politely, but firmly, explain to them why that will never happen in my lifetime.

There is nothing remotely realistic about…MORE