Opinion
A new state of consciousness | Wally DuChateau
During the next few days, legal pot stores will start popping up all over King and Pierce counties.…
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Tim Eyman comes up empty | Jerry Cornfield
Rarely can the lack of action trigger so much reaction as it did last week when Tim Eyman…
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Editorial cartoon of the week | Frank Shiers
The editorial cartoon of the week by artist Frank Shiers.
Letters to the Editor
Youth Council raising gambling awareness | Letter to the editor
The Greater Maple Valley Community Center’s Youth Council Program received a grant from Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling…
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We’re repeating world history | Rich Elfers
The decision reached in the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement at the end of World War I has been unraveling…
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Editorial cartoon of the week | Frank Shiers
The editorial cartoon of the week by artist Frank Shiers.
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Throwback to a Disney Fourth | Katherine Smith
Fourth of July at Disneyland is not for the feint of heart.
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Cell phones and third graders | Dennis Box
Many of us believe in all sorts of plots and conspiracies. Most may be goofy, but I have…
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Editorial cartoon of the week | Frank Shiers
The editorial cartoon of the week by artist Frank Shiers.
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My legal battle of the century | Eric Mandel
All right, so I’m not an attorney, and have never cared to be one, but I’ve seen plenty…
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Editorial cartoon of the week | Frank Shiers
The editorial cartoon of the week by artist Frank Shiers.
Letters to the Editor
Where were the police? | Letter to the editor
Everyone in the crowd was enjoying this old-time tradition when suddenly the loud noise of an electronic bullhorn…
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Chance shapes all that we do | Rich Elfers
When I was in my early 20s, a father of one of my friends asked me what my…
Letters to the Editor
Fight against sweatshops | Letter to the editor
Did you know that last year the USA imported $64 billion in clothing and 9 percent of that…
Letters to the Editor
Break the cycle of poverty | Letter to the editor
The cycle of poverty is when kids grow up poor without an education, then they grow up poor,…
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Editorial cartoon of the week | Frank Shiers
The editorial cartoon of the week by artist Frank Shiers.
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Black holes are still a mystery | Alexander Link
Science is not a compilation of a few isolated minds with grandiose ideas, but rather an accumulation of…
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Editorial cartoon of the week | Frank Shiers
The editorial cartoon of the week by artist Frank Shiers
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Climate change and compromise | Rich Elfers
In 2012, something amazing happened: Republicans and Democrats came together during a bitter election-year campaign and fixed the…
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Editorial cartoon of the week | Frank Shiers
The editorial cartoon of the week by artist Frank Shiers.