Living with pets, learning about ourselves

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Living with pets, learning about ourselves

What do dogs and cats tell us about ourselves? These two creatures are the most popular pets among…

Final Planned Parenthood report issued, but future still cloudy

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Final Planned Parenthood report issued, but future still cloudy

A politically contentious investigation by Congressional Republicans into the practices of Planned Parenthood and procuring of fetal tissue…

Do you live in the past, present or the future?

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Do you live in the past, present or the future?

In the late 1960s to the early 1970s when I was a youth, I belonged to a very…

Washington fulfills election expectations

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Washington fulfills election expectations

This wasn’t a very good year for many of the nation’s venerable pollsters and pundits as they got…

RE: the ongoing Black Diamond controversy

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RE: the ongoing Black Diamond controversy

Not having been in attendance at any of the meetings but having seen similar situations play out, I’d…

Incoming president’s strength is his unpredictable nature

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Incoming president’s strength is his unpredictable nature

“Trump makes people uncomfortable. It’s what he does best, in fact. But how this quality applies to foreign…

Democratic power play is under way

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Democratic power play is under way

A fierce fight is under way for the top leadership post of the Washington state Democratic Party.

No doubt, we live in interesting times

Opinion

No doubt, we live in interesting times

Have you noticed since the results of the Nov. 8 election, we have experienced shifting paradigms?

Christmas should be about friends and families

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Christmas should be about friends and families

Christmas used to be so easy as a kid

Times are a-changin’ – once again

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Times are a-changin’ – once again

Liberalism vs. conservatism has been replaced by globalization vs. nationalism in America today. At least that is what…

Feminism really is for everybody | Point of Review

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Feminism really is for everybody | Point of Review

“I don’t like feminism,” my neighbor told me after I showed him my copy of bell hooks’ ‘Feminism…

Mass media must stop leaning to the left

Letters to the Editor

Mass media must stop leaning to the left

I got a kick out of Rich Elfers’ column of Nov. 23 trying to explain to a Seattle…

Inslee’s education budget goes on display

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Inslee’s education budget goes on display

Officially, Gov. Jay Inslee’s second term doesn’t get under way for another month. Practically, it begins this week…