Politically speaking, it was an exciting week recently when King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg announced that his current term would…
As one small part of the often derided “legacy media,” I am aware that what I am about to say…
Semiconductor chips are the new oil that the world can go to war over.
I was born late — exactly three weeks — despite my mother’s earnest efforts to speed the process along with…
Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Cartoon by Frank Shiers
The Washington state Legislature opened on Jan. 10 against a backdrop of headlines saying “Caseloads push hospitals to limits” and…
Cartoon by Frank Shiers.
Our democracy withstood an attempted coup last Jan. 6, but the planning hasn’t stopped — it is only moving a…
When I was growing up in the 1970s, like many others I enjoyed “The Waltons,” Earl Hamner Jr.’s televised account…
The rich and famous frequently say and do some of the darndest things, but in these stressful times, they lack…
When Toyota speaks, car buyers listen. Hopefully, our elected officials will as well.
Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Cartoon by Frank Shiers
Jan. 6, 2021. Sadly, for most Americans, that date has become one of those squares on our calendars that calls…
Have you noticed — pre-snowstorm — more people taking chances with reckless driving? Drivers passing on the right shoulder or…
From March 2020 until recently, it seemed to me that COVID-19 always hit someone far off, the man who’d been…
Cartoon by Frank Shiers
While flying back east over the holidays to speak at a church, I made note of the different stages passengers…
It is Christmas throughout the region, and Jim Ferrell, Nancy Backus, Dana Ralph and Armondo Pavone have more in common…
