Opinion

By Kyra-lin Hom

Easter is a surprisingly controversial holiday. No one's entirely positive where it – let alone it its rituals – come from. It's supposedly a Christian celebration of resurrection and rebirth, but some purist Christians…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

No, I don’t really want to return to the age of dinosaurs because according to the experts there weren’t any people in the beginning. But I would like to improve conditions in this techie world of ours. You have…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

The newest emerging trend in skin care – be you male or female – is all about natural or organic ingredients. The 'newly rediscovered' regimens are back to basics, minimizing what goes on and into our skin. But are these…MORE

By Stanley Cohen

Editor's note: The following article was written by a Ballard resident whose grandchildren attend a local school.

December 14, 2012, a day which will “live in infamy.” No, I’m not talking about Pearl Harbor. I am…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

There is a modern, 'tried and true' narrative of addiction. It involves chemicals, brain structure, something called the reward circuit, maybe another thing called the pleasure principle – and quite simply it's all very…MORE

Dear Editor,

I’m glad to see the uproar about measles vaccination. It’s high time this issue is addressed. One of my biggest obstacles as a school nurse in the Highline School District was unimmunized students. Parents objected, fearing…MORE

By Megan Wildenradt

By now most of us living here have heard about the challenge for this year’s state legislative session—too many obligations and not enough revenue to support them all. That gives our state lawmakers a tough job to…MORE

By Marjorie Young

The recent Academy Awards featured a number of memorable moments, but for me there was one that particularly resonated; the acceptance speech of Graham Moore, winner of best adapted screenplay for ‘The Imitation Game.’ He…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

When I was in undergrad, we film school students used to play 'guess the major' when killing time in our film school lobby. We'd lounge under the monitors displaying recent student projects sans volume and point out the…MORE

By Ed Feeley

The Burke-Gilman Trail is the crown jewel of our regional trail system. Every day, thousands of people walk, run, bike and inline skate this multi-use trail connecting Bothell to Golden Gardens—well, everywhere on the trail…MORE