West Seattle - Opinion

By Kyra-lin Hom

Receptionists get a bad rap. And I'm not just saying that because I am one. On the one hand, general office hierarchy (especially in a large office setting like where I am now) places us at the lowest of the low. As a…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Being a writer used to be simple. There was the basic triumvirate of the writer, the word and the mind-altering substance. With enough popularity came the audience, which went hand-in-hand with the critic and the…MORE

I interview myself This is an interview I conducted with myself.

I: You get your name in the paper all the time. What's with that?Me: I' the editor…what sort of question is that?I: Nobody seems to know anything about you. Only your name.…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Welcome back. Last week I gave a brief summary of our use and misuse of the infamous material known as plastic. I mentioned that the US produces over 30 million tons a year (2/3 of which is essentially single-use) yet only…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Let’s take a break from the recent film binge and talk about something we all use every single day. No, I’ll go further and say this is something we use nearly every single hour of every day. In 2010, the world produced 330…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

By age 12, we all know Hollywood is fake. We’ve learned about wires, prosthetics, and special effects. If you’re like me, you’ve converted hours of behind the scenes footage into hours of messing about with friends and a…MORE

By Gwen Davis “What does it say about us, the Democratic Party, when we elect a socialist? What does it say when a union gives up a hard-fought fight to a corporation, even when we have Democrat elected officials? What does it say about us?”…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas – if that’s your thing. If not, hopefully you had a wonderful Hannukah, Kwanzaa, and the like. Some of my friends have celebrated Aslan Day (Aslan, the lion from the Narnia series)…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Blatantly eavesdropping during my lunch break today, I overheard two women discussing their decisions to be working moms and that whole issue in general. Both were high-powered go-getter types with, it seemed, the salaries…MORE

By Howard Garrett, Orca Network

The campaign for Lolita's retirement is based on research by Ken Balcomb at the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island. In 1995, Governor Mike Lowry, Sec. of State Ralph Munro and Balcomb announced the…MORE