Opinion

My generation, identified as "The Greatest Generation," has lived through the best of times and worst of times; gone to bed hungry when food was scarce, wore hand-me-down clothes because money to buy new clothes was nonexistent, struggled to find…MORE

(Editor's Note: This is the third and final column in a series entitled "Why Are You Running When You Haven't Learned to Walk?")

If I haven't been taught to use my multifidus, pelvic floor and transverse abdominal muscles in concert with…MORE

This week I sat down next to this man at the grocery store and I said, "Talk to me."

He smiled and said, "Okay."

He is sharp as a needle and I found out he is 98 and once played baseball for the Seattle Indians way back in 1935.…MORE

Dr. Andrew Weil is a medical doctor who favors herbs and organic food products over pharmaceuticals and the food produced by the congloms.

To me, and I’m certain, to a lot of folks he looks a bit like Santa Claus, albeit without the red…MORE

District 4 of the Federal Way School Board has two candidates running for this position that share, at least minimally, some similar concerns about our school district.

The district has according to “Education Week” only 45.7% of its 9th…MORE

Last week Mayor Greg Nickels presented his 2010 proposed budget to the Seattle City Council. One of the major elements accompanying his final budget is legislation to the council requesting that we approve a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the…MORE

The other night, I was on my Facebook page. I pasted in a video clip to Michael Jackson, singing a beautiful rendition of "I'll Be There" when he was a child.

It made me feel better to watch him sing, to listen to the innocence of his…MORE

The recent run of salmon allowed even little kids with bent pins or lures painted pink to catch a fish.

It is unprecedented in my memory. And all I could do was read about it and accept a share of the bounty from generous friends.

As promised a few months ago I have done interviews with all of the candidates for the Federal Way School Board elections.

These are important elections as clearly you will see that some candidates believe that education in Federal Way…MORE

(Editor's note: This notice was originally published online August 31, 2009.)

It’s true, this October the Ballard News-Tribune is leaving the office on Market Street that it has inhabited for 34 years. But, we are not leaving the…MORE