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

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    May 21, 2022 5:30 am
    Opinion Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

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

    By Bob Roegner
    Opinion Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

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

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Here’s a theory on why people embrace all...
    By Robert Whale • May 14, 2022 5:30 am

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

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    Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.
    Police misconduct is getting expensive for taxpayers |...
    By Bob Roegner • May 13, 2022 4:05 pm

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

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    Where will abortion be legal in Washington state?...
    May 13, 2022 5:30 am

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    Dr. Jayendrina Singha Ray’s research interests include postcolonial studies, spatial literary studies, British literature, and rhetoric and composition. Prior to teaching in the U.S., she worked as an editor with Routledge and taught English at colleges in India. She is a resident of Kirkland.
    Changing tides: Learning and training in the Metaverse
    May 12, 2022 2:05 pm

    The Indian Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, pushed the colonial classroom outdoors in 1901. No longer walled in by brick-and-mortar classrooms,…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at thebrunells@msn.com.
    Here’s how we foot the bill for reducing...
    May 12, 2022 11:36 am

    Thinning public woodlands to remove millions of dead trees is a way to generate much needed cash to reduce wildfire…

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    Guest columnist Greg Asimakoupoulos is chaplain at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island.
    Anniversaries are an invitation to mark time |...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • May 11, 2022 2:54 pm

    It was a cool overcast May morning in 1982. A thirty-year-old pastor stood at the front of the church while…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Never miss a chance to treasure your mama...
    By Robert Whale • May 7, 2022 5:30 am

    With the approach of Mother’s Day, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my own mother, gone 16 years ago…

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    Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.
    Did we end the mask mandate too soon...
    By Bob Roegner • May 6, 2022 4:05 pm

    Philadelphia recently became the first U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate. But it may not be the last.

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    A local government virtual meeting | Cartoon by...
    May 5, 2022 12:30 pm

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at thebrunells@msn.com.
    Seattle World’s Fair highlighted electric transportation network |...
    April 30, 2022 5:30 am

    Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair was awe-inspiring. It previewed developments that would improve our daily lives in the next millennium. While…

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