Opinion

My neighbor's dog died the other day. The cyclone fence between our homes didn't insulate me from the loss as much as I would've liked.

The first day I met Prince was the only day I didn't like him. I was considering renting this house,…MORE

Hanging in the balance at the end of the Washington Legislature's session and some rather muddled objections, the approval of a news reporter's shield law is iffy.

Why does a reporter from newspapers, television, radio and a host of other…MORE

Supporters of the newly filed Energy Independence Initiative say their measure protects electricity consumers from volatile fuel prices, boosts the state's green energy economy and decreases dependence on foreign oil, but is their real goal to…MORE

A wise man once suggested that we do an editorial that inserted after ever other word a snarl to note yet another big, smashing bump in the roads of West Seattle. We thought the idea over, but rejected it as being a boring repetition.

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I'm so proud of the Seahawks that I've forgiven Howard Schultz for threatening to leave Seattle with the Sonics. Before, I was mad at HoSchu for putting a gun to my head like that, but after the Seahawks season of glory, I've changed my tune.

Mary K. Fleck

In the legal profession, we often hear concerns over care in nursing homes. Nursing homes do wonderful things for our loved ones. Nursing homes offer the expertise and care needed when the time comes that seniors cannot live…MORE

The city is proposing to double the width of the Spokane Street Viaduct and make other improvements in the West Seattle link to Interstate 5, downtown and points north and east.

So why aren't we cheering and slapping the backs of our city…MORE

vote count

By Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles

"The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to…MORE

Strange sex. Strange sex. Strange sex.

Oh, excuse me. I was just agonizing over what we should report on in the new year.

Should our coverage change now that our new Web site is receiving more page views than our print circulation…MORE

Even though the doubling of the population of Burien will cause a rather large knot of debt, the Burien City Council last week decided to go slow, but to play the game.

Instead of simply saying "no thanks" to adding another 31,000 people…MORE