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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Cold War fallout shelter survives in childhood memories...
    By Robert Whale • July 5, 2024 1:30 pm

    Dad never finished the bomb shelter.

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    Keith Livingston,
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    By Keith Livingston • June 22, 2024 7:00 am

    We are four months away from selecting our next president.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Here’s a theory on the fate of conspiracy...
    By Robert Whale • June 21, 2024 1:30 am

    If you try to reason with people like that, that the conspiracy they are going on about isn’t real, you become part of the conspiracy and are trying to hoodwink them.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    It’s time to laugh instead of cringe at...
    By Robert Whale • June 16, 2024 1:30 am

    Day after day, you and I watch politicians stand before the cameras, lie shamelessly and get away with it —…

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    Keith Livingston,
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    People and their behaviors drive the legislative bus...
    By Keith Livingston • June 15, 2024 7:00 am

    And sometimes the time bus feels driverless.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    What sort of learning really matters when it’s...
    By Robert Whale • June 8, 2024 6:30 am

    It will be about what does not perish when we do.

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    Keith Livingston,
 My Perspective
    A closer look at Federal Way and our...
    By Keith Livingston • June 1, 2024 7:00 am

    Let’s face reality — we are looking rough around the edges.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Here are some troublesome aspects of chemotherapy |...
    By Robert Whale • May 28, 2024 7:30 am

    Life without hope draws nectar in a sieve, hope without an object cannot live.

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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.
    Thoughts on Memorial Day and the ultimate sacrifice...
    May 27, 2024 2:15 pm

    On Memorial Day, we traditionally honor Americans in our military who gave their lives in battle for our country. It…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Energetic puppy flummoxes all-thumbs owner | Whale’s Tales
    By Robert Whale • May 17, 2024 7:30 pm

    I had contrived to reach 62 years of age without the big event.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    In search of fairness, morals and good sportsmanship...
    By Robert Whale • May 12, 2024 7:30 am

    Ah, the Golden Rule.

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    Keith Livingston,
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    Who would be your superhero of choice for...
    By Keith Livingston • May 11, 2024 7:00 am

    And a few thoughts on Spider-Man.

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    Keith Livingston,
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    Federal Way leaders are missing a golden arts...
    By Keith Livingston • May 4, 2024 7:00 am

    Like every governmental collaboration, the devil is in the details.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Incredible memories of not-so-incredible edibles | Whale’s Tales
    By Robert Whale • May 3, 2024 1:30 am

    After more than 56 years, I can still smell and taste the rubbery things.

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    Keith Livingston,
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    Schools should be a universal support system for...
    By Keith Livingston • April 27, 2024 7:00 am

    Rancor is nothing new when it comes to schools and what is being taught.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    My heroes include Dickey Betts and Merriman Smith...
    By Robert Whale • April 26, 2024 1:30 am

    I admire these guys for very different reasons.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Let’s all paws and appreciate the wisdom of...
    By Robert Whale • April 20, 2024 8:00 am

    I’ve heard people say that human beings are the only creatures that know they will die.

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    Keith Livingston,
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    Establishing a new path for the chronically homeless...
    By Keith Livingston • April 20, 2024 7:00 am

    Until we work on solving how we created a society with these citizens living precariously close to the edge, we will have a forever problem.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Like sands through the hourglass, so are the...
    By Robert Whale • April 13, 2024 11:30 am

    It seems I got to be a geezer awful fast.

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    Keith Livingston,
 My Perspective
    Here’s a tall tale about stealing Celebration Park...
    By Keith Livingston • April 13, 2024 7:00 am

    And so it goes, with this satire of a column, our present-day reality will forever be conspiracy-muddled when those who know better choose not to know.

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