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Schools should be a universal support system for youth | Livingston
Rancor is nothing new when it comes to schools and what is being taught.
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My heroes include Dickey Betts and Merriman Smith | Whale’s Tales
I admire these guys for very different reasons.
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Let’s all paws and appreciate the wisdom of dogs | Whale’s Tales
I’ve heard people say that human beings are the only creatures that know they will die.
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Establishing a new path for the chronically homeless | Livingston
Until we work on solving how we created a society with these citizens living precariously close to the…
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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives | Whale’s Tales
It seems I got to be a geezer awful fast.
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Here’s a tall tale about stealing Celebration Park | Livingston
And so it goes, with this satire of a column, our present-day reality will forever be conspiracy-muddled when…
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Snake oil salesmen thrive in the social media age | Whale’s Tales
Like Teddy Daniels, a former candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant, who is prominently featured in a series of doomsday,…
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Will Federal Way ever invest properly in the arts? | Livingston
If Federal Way ever wants to grow its “soul,” it needs to reconsider how it perennially values art,…
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Once upon a time, there was a local journalist | Whale’s Tales
I could call up any large chain store in a city and talk to someone without being told…
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What it really means to be ‘centered on opportunity’ | Livingston
As a resident and observer of our city, I believe we have shifted our energy from one of…
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If you’re right, and you know it, then read this | Whale’s Tales
As the poet Theodore Roethke once wrote: “In a dark time the eye begins to see…”
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The wit and wisdom of Mrs. Whale carries on | Whale’s Tales
Now I am the one with the terminal cancer. I’m where my mother was.
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Foreign languages often find a better way to say it | Whale’s Tales
Not since I was 14 years old, I have been enthralled by languages.
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Embracing change and our ‘digital kids’ | Livingston
What happens if our leadership is not on board with or understands the rate of change taking place?
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The key thing is what we do with our imperfections | Whale’s Tales
I have said and done many things of which I am not proud. That is, I am no…
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Poetic proof that artificial intelligence needs a human touch | Whale’s Tales
Of course there’s irony here in that LinkedIn is asking writers — who, after all, make their living…
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An alternative look at the state of Federal Way | Livingston
It is important to say that 100,000 people call Federal Way home and they need to be thought…
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Fentanyl crisis warrants government intervention | Livingston
The frontlines of drug abuse and homelessness are humbling.
Opinion
It’s time to restore the pursuit law this legislative session | Message from the Chief
By Andy Hwang, Chief of the Federal Way Police Department