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Guest columnist Greg Asimakoupoulos is chaplain at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island.

Opinion

Turning 70 represents a graduation worthy of celebrating | Greg Asimakoupoulos

Two years ago, our 50 year class reunion was canceled due to Covid. But lockdowns and social distancing…

Police lines set up outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (Public domain photo courtesy of VOA/Wikipedia)

Opinion

The search for common ground in our national gun conversation | Whale

Late last month, a small Texas city joined an ever-expanding list of cities and sites that none of…

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

Opinion

Public needs to hear and see both candidates for King County prosecutor | Roegner

There are bigger races than the race for King County prosecutor, such as U.S. Senate or Congress, and…

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

Opinion

New look for 2022 grads | Shiers

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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

Opinion

The frustrating clash between reality and conspiracies | Whale

I have thinking lately about goofy, patently absurd notions.

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

Opinion

Another look at our complicated relationship with Boeing | Roegner

Boeing is planning to move again. But it is farther east rather than back here.

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

Opinion

From COVID to monkeypox | Shiers

After earlier identifying a presumptive case of monkeypox in King County, it was confirmed May 27 to be…

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

Opinion

Supreme Court’s draft to overturn Roe v. Wade sparks uproar in WA | Roegner

The Supreme Court appeared divided and also shaken by its private deliberations appearing on the front page of…

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

Opinion

You can’t trade baby formula for a tank of gas | Shiers

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

Opinion

Behind the appointment of King County’s new sheriff | Roegner

King County Executive Dow Constantine had three finalists to choose from when he decided who the next sheriff…

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

Opinion

Roe v. Wade and the road we have been down before | Whale’s Tales

I have been thinking a lot lately about the Prohibition Era in the United States and the fiery,…

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

Opinion

Here’s a theory on why people embrace all those crazy theories | Whale’s Tales

Not so long ago, one could have called me a dyed-in-the-wool, hard-core skeptic about cryptids.

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

Opinion

Police misconduct is getting expensive for taxpayers | Roegner

More cities and counties are avoiding trials and settling with the families of those who died at the…