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    Opinion <p>Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.</p>

    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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    By Robert Whale • January 23, 2026 1:30 am
    Opinion Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.

    A couple of wishes as we start another year | Whale’s Tales

    By Robert Whale
    Opinion Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.

    Grateful for nurses because they keep us alive | Whale’s Tales

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    Searching for truth in a world of manipulation...
    By Robert Whale • November 28, 2025 1:40 am

    The word pops up from time to time, but most of us are unlikely to pay it much attention.

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    Let’s get serious about solving WA’s energy challenges | Commentary
    Let’s get serious about solving WA’s energy challenges...
    By Kris Johnson, Association of Washington Business • November 13, 2025 11:00 am

    For residents of the Pacific Northwest, January 2024 might be memorable because of the winter storm that brought ice and…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    What’s happening was never what the founders intended...
    By Robert Whale • October 24, 2025 1:30 am

    An object may lean only so far to one side before it goes over, unless set upright again.

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    Judge Dave Larson of the Federal Way Municipal Court. Courtesy photo
    Time to choose a new Federal Way Municipal...
    By Judge Dave Larson, Federal Way Municipal Court • October 16, 2025 4:57 pm

    I am retiring at the end of the year and you have the chance to elect my replacement on Nov….

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    Fault finding and political violence in today’s America...
    By Robert Whale • September 19, 2025 1:30 pm

    The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, on Sept 10 at Utah Valley…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    Original intent and other constitutional questions | Whale’s...
    By Robert Whale • August 29, 2025 1:30 am

    Original intent.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    Lessons from ‘Black Like Me’ have stayed with...
    By Robert Whale • August 22, 2025 1:30 pm

    I first read John Howard Griffin’s “Black Like Me” in Mrs. Dickinson’s seventh-grade English class at Cascade Junior High in…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    Revenge and score settling have no place in...
    By Robert Whale • August 8, 2025 1:30 am

    In parts of the world, lives and battles lost more than 1,000 years ago still get human blood boiling.

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    Four friends hiking. Photo courtesy of Trust for Public Land
    King County Parks Levy is a critical investment...
    By Mitsu Iwasaki Trust for Public Land • July 24, 2025 2:30 pm

    Guest commentary.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    This executive overreach should scare all Americans |...
    By Robert Whale • July 19, 2025 1:30 am

    As most of us learned at school, the U.S. Constitution requires a supermajority of three-fourths of the states to ratify…

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    Civics Bee highlights the leaders of a bright future | Guest column
    Civics Bee highlights the leaders of a bright...
    By Kris Johnson, Association of Washington Business • July 18, 2025 3:05 am

    As Maanha Nasir of Snoqualmie took the stage at last month’s National Civics Bee state championship, she spoke to judges…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    Wacky weather conspiracy theorists strike again | Whale’s...
    By Robert Whale • July 11, 2025 1:30 am

    The initial news was grim enough on its own: flash flooding in Central Texas had taken dozens of lives, with…

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    The Hon. Ketu Shah is Presiding Judge of King County Superior Court. He served on the King County District Court from 2013 to 2019.
    Without an independent judiciary, our rights are compromised...
    By Ketu Shah Presiding Judge, King County Superior Court • June 14, 2025 8:30 am

    Lately, the rule of law has been in the news and there have been calls to impeach judges.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    First Amendment thoughts ahead of weekend protests |...
    By Robert Whale • June 13, 2025 1:30 am

    For all their flaws, the founders of the United States were brilliant.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    The concept of ‘habeas corpus’ deserves a closer...
    By Robert Whale • June 7, 2025 1:30 am

    Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently defined habeas corpus before a congressional hearing as “the right that the…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Sometimes a politician’s instincts just stink | Whale’s...
    By Robert Whale • May 31, 2025 1:30 am

    Among the fascinating relatives of the noun “instinct” is the German term “Fingerspitzengefühl.”

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Still proud to be a word nerd after...
    By Robert Whale • May 24, 2025 7:00 am

    My brothers and sisters tell me they have also been called to account for using “big words.”

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Federal Way loves FIFA | Cartoon by Frank...
    May 17, 2025 10:30 am

    This cartoon references a recent story in the Federal Way Mirror about how the shape of FIFA World Cup 2026 is beginning to emerge.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Tapping into the power of mental flexibility |...
    By Robert Whale • May 16, 2025 5:30 pm

    At this moment, many of our distracted countrymen glare at each other over a rigid barrier of hardened suspicion and…

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    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.
    Higher total taxes are making Washington unaffordable |...
    May 4, 2025 2:15 pm

    Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes, and fees on taxpayers. However, those added costs come…

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