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Thanks for the blanket | Shiers

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Photo by Wendy Wei

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A Thanksgiving poem

Poem by Robert Darrigan

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

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Thanksgiving and the Whale kitchen’s eternal warmth | Whale’s Tales

Looking today at the North Auburn home in which I grew up fills me with wonder.

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Give me a ticket for possessing a shopping cart | Cartoon

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

Keith Livingston is a retired municipal management professional, lifelong artist and Federal Way resident. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.

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How to find leadership and courage in today’s political world | Livingston

What happens when we as residents of this community and great nation fail to realize that we are…

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

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The ‘ignoranting’ of Americans in the age of false narratives | Whale’s Tales

Many sweeping generalizations stalk our land today, making no distinctions between diverse people and institutions, but lumping them…

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.

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Honoring fallen heroes goes beyond lowering flags to half-mast | Brunell

Lowering our flags to half-staff is a solemn act that recognizes our fallen heroes, whether they be men…

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Thank you for your service | Cartoon

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The Federal Way High School Eagles will play in the 2022 state tournament. (Photo by Ben Ray/Federal Way Mirror)

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Cheers n’ jeers: FW Eagles play in state football tournament

Cheers to the Federal Way High School football team for returning to the state tournament for the first…

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.

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Honoring fallen heroes goes beyond lowering flags to half-mast

Lowering our flags to half-staff is a solemn act that recognizes our fallen heroes, whether they be men…

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Political commercial overload | Cartoon

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Letters: Support King County Charter Amendment

Support King County Charter Amendment

Keith Livingston is a retired municipal management professional, lifelong artist and Federal Way resident. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.

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Are South King County’s poverty problems here to stay? | Livingston

What does success look like?

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Thoughts on Stand Up Federal Way | Letters

Is Stand Up Federal Way a front for the Republican Party?

People experiencing homelessness use the kitchen facilities at the Federal Way Day Center, which offers showers, laundry, space for meal preparation, and other services for those in need. (Sound Publishing file photo)

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The main lesson when trying to understand homelessness

I didn’t truly understand the nuances of homelessness until I started writing about it. I had accepted a…

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

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The cost we pay for having a marketplace of ideas | Whale’s Tales

Ah, the internet, the internet, let us count the many blessings of the internet.

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Cartoon: What a difference four dry months make

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When weird fascinations collide with the power of insight | Whale’s Tales

I must have been about 9 years old when I started to do this weird thing.

Andrea Peterson officially hands the keys to a new van to Mac Hoover of Christ’s Church in Federal Way. Alex Bruell/Sound Publishing

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Cheers n’ jeers: Hot van donation in Federal Way

Cheers to Andrea Peterson, the general manager of Weatherly Inn Assisted Living in Tacoma, for arranging the donation…

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Mariners and the rally shoes | Cartoon

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