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Consider the assumptions made by your worldview | Whale’s Tales
One of the best books I have ever read, “Debate: Argumentation or Advocacy?,” I first picked up for…
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Thank you students, neighbors, for helping Federal Way meet the moment | Commentary
Over the past few weeks, we’ve watched Federal Way meet a moment that tested our values and showed…
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Here’s what I think when someone says ‘Have a nice day’ | Whale’s Tales
Forty years or so ago, as I was thumbing through James Boswell’s “Life of Johnson,” I happened upon…
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Mark Twain offers insight on latest web of lies | Whale’s Tales
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” said American writer and humorist Mark Twain.
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A couple of wishes as we start another year | Whale’s Tales
As I’ve said before in this column, I am not much into making new year’s resolutions.
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Grateful for nurses because they keep us alive | Whale’s Tales
My mother was a registered nurse for nearly 50 years.
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Searching for truth in a world of manipulation | Whale’s Tales
The word pops up from time to time, but most of us are unlikely to pay it much…
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Let’s get serious about solving WA’s energy challenges | Commentary
For residents of the Pacific Northwest, January 2024 might be memorable because of the winter storm that brought…
Letters to the Editor
Protect all families in Federal Way | Letters
Protect all families in Federal Way
Opinion
What’s happening was never what the founders intended | Whale’s Tales
An object may lean only so far to one side before it goes over, unless set upright again.
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Time to choose a new Federal Way Municipal Court judge | Dave Larson
I am retiring at the end of the year and you have the chance to elect my replacement…
Letters to the Editor
Driving innovation in commercial vehicles from Federal Way to global roads | Letter
Driving innovation in commercial vehicles from Federal Way to global roads
Letters to the Editor
Measure 8201 lets WA invest long-term care funds wisely
Whether you support the Long-Term Care Trust Fund or not, it’s critical that we manage its reserves wisely.…
Opinion
Fault finding and political violence in today’s America | Whale’s Tales
The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, on Sept 10 at…
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Lessons from ‘Black Like Me’ have stayed with me | Whale’s Tales
I first read John Howard Griffin’s “Black Like Me” in Mrs. Dickinson’s seventh-grade English class at Cascade Junior…
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Revenge and score settling have no place in leadership | Whale’s Tales
In parts of the world, lives and battles lost more than 1,000 years ago still get human blood…
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This executive overreach should scare all Americans | Whale’s Tales
As most of us learned at school, the U.S. Constitution requires a supermajority of three-fourths of the states…