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    Opinion
    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Music at the intersection of past and present...
    By Robert Whale • March 11, 2022 11:35 am

    It is a July day in 1969, and I am with my family at Lake Surprise. I have just finished…

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    Guest columnist Greg Asimakoupoulos is chaplain at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island.
    Recovering from a different type of March Madness...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • March 9, 2022 8:34 am

    It’s been a crazy couple of years, right? We were all ready to fill out our brackets back in 2020,…

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    Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.
    A closer look at gun violence in King...
    By Bob Roegner • March 9, 2022 5:35 am

    Was it only four years ago that 14 students and three staff members were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High…

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    The Batman vs. The Mask Mandate | Shiers
    March 8, 2022 1:00 pm

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com
    Watching the social media and cable news train...
    By Robert Whale • March 5, 2022 5:30 am

    To say that anything is possible is to condition the sinister, pitfall corollary that nothing is ridiculous.

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    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.
    Metaverse: Old wine in a new bottle? |...
    March 4, 2022 1:30 pm

    The metaverse is a space caught at the cusp of the physical and the nonphysical. Not a radically different space…

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Huge $1.45B revenue surplus | Shiers
    March 4, 2022 10:47 am

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.
    Is it the right time to lift indoor...
    By Bob Roegner • March 1, 2022 4:11 pm

    Mask mandates continue to fall in several other states like New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and will also…

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    Keith Livingston is a retired municipal management professional, lifelong artist and Federal Way resident. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    Where’s the justification for bad behavior in our...
    By Keith Livingston • February 28, 2022 8:30 am

    Common sense respectful behavior and decorum in our society has broken down into angry undercurrents with unreconciled grievances everywhere. It…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Writer goes on a tear about flabby language...
    By Robert Whale • February 18, 2022 3:00 pm

    Those who know me know me know I’m a bit of a stickler about language.

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    Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.
    The ins and outs of this year’s short...
    By Bob Roegner • February 15, 2022 5:35 am

    The legislative session is slowly drawing to a close. Too bad this was the short session, which does not provide…

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    Postcards and snapshots from Greg’s first visit to Washington DC and the Lincoln Memorial.
    Ode to a monumental milestone | Greg Asimakoupoulos
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • February 16, 2022 8:34 am

    This year the Lincoln Memorial celebrates its 100th birthday and I’m recalling my first visit to that elegant limestone house…

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    Washington State Capitol Building. File photo
    Editorial: Taxpayers deserve down payment on tax reforms
    February 14, 2022 1:50 pm

    By The Herald Editorial Board

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