Questioning methods, as I see it, has nothing to do with politics or personal animosities.
There is a simple truth in municipal government: If City Hall wants our trust, its decision-making must begin with hearing…
I no longer fear death itself, but I could do without dying.
As readers of this column may know by now, I am a word person.
We got her from a friend of Ann’s, as one of the two remaining pups from a litter of nine.
On March 8, I met a reader and sometime critic of this column for lunch.
As readers of this column may know by now, I am a terminal cancer patient.
In his first month as president, Donald Trump has shaken our federal government to the core. Many argue that his…
“I have many options available to me in retirement, but retirement will not change my belief that life is about duty and purpose.”
Arriving in Federal Way in 1992 brought so many new experiences as an immigrant.
The hurricane-force winds fueling fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in western states for over a century. They quickly…
For most of my life, that’s how I felt about myself.
It stuns me how often we are guilty of doing the very thing we complain about and despise in others when they do it, but excuse it in ourselves.
The authors of “Un novo guia conversação em portuguez e inglez” (“A new guide for conversation in Portugese and English”) meant it to be a serious work.
Years ago, the late journalist Harry Reasoner said this on a CBS historical documentary: “The past is like a foreign…
When I was a kid, a dude two or three years older and bigger than I was might as well…
I have many treasured memories from my four years at the University of Washington, and to this day, they bring…
One of the most significant shifts from our recent elections is America is headed back to an “all of the…
After years of odious political behavior, it is time for elected officials to focus on governing our nation with civility…
I have been thinking a lot about an alarming trend in this nation that appears to elevate ignorance.
