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All can consider, what would a great leader do?
All can consider, what would a great leader...
By Richard Elfers • July 26, 2018 11:00 am

The time was 460 B.C. The place, across the Tiber River from the city of Rome. The protagonist was a…

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Community Support in Black Diamond
Community Support in Black Diamond
July 25, 2018 2:15 pm

St. Barbara Catholic Church continues its weekly support of the Black Diamond Community Center Food Bank. Every Monday pounds of…

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Tribalism led to the loss of Vietnam, Iraq wars
Tribalism led to the loss of Vietnam, Iraq...
By Richard Elfers • July 20, 2018 10:20 am

Knowing and understanding tribalism can offer a solution to the divisions at home and abroad.

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Thanks to those continuing to support fight to end Alzheimer’s
Thanks to those continuing to support fight to...
July 19, 2018 12:19 pm

Alzheimer’s disease is the only leading cause of death that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed. More than 5…

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Firearms purchase warning ballot measure awaits OK
Firearms purchase warning ballot measure awaits OK
By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer • July 18, 2018 11:58 am

Back in 1965, with mounting evidence of the ill effects of smoking, Congress decided every pack of cigarettes should come…

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The sweetest revenge? Sometimes it’s just being nice
The sweetest revenge? Sometimes it’s just being nice
By Richard Elfers • July 12, 2018 11:30 am

Do you remember the tit-for-tat fights you had as a kid? Someone hit you so you hit them back. Someone…

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Area council committees take shape
Area council committees take shape
July 11, 2018 1:49 pm

By Peter Rimbos

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Mental health competency delays are costing state millions
Mental health competency delays are costing state millions
By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer • July 7, 2018 9:30 am

The state is paying millions of dollars a year in sanctions because it’s unable to evaluate the mental health competency…

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KCLS: focusing on knowledge, equity and inclusion
KCLS: focusing on knowledge, equity and inclusion
By Lisa Rosenblum • July 6, 2018 1:55 pm

As a public institution, the King County Library System serves people of all ages, abilities, genders, ethnicities, cultures and economic…

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Trump administration tariffs on Canadian newsprint have created additional hardships for newspapers, large and small, and won’t be good in the long run for U.S. paper mills. (Thinkstock.com)
Editorial: Protect jobs at newspapers and paper mills
By The Herald Editorial Board • July 5, 2018 10:41 am

A newsprint tariff is a threat to newspapers but also jeopardizes mill workers it seeks to protect.

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Trump’s behavior means the world cannot trust the U.S.
Trump’s behavior means the world cannot trust the...
By Richard Elfers • June 28, 2018 1:02 pm

‘The U.S. became involved in the Vietnam War precisely because it feared the implications for its containment policy against the…

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State may have a meaningful presidential primary in 2020
State may have a meaningful presidential primary in...
By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer • June 27, 2018 12:56 pm

Washington may have a meaningful presidential primary in 2020.

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Four cornerstones of arguing irrationally
Four cornerstones of arguing irrationally
By Richard Elfers • June 21, 2018 11:34 am

Should a photo ID be required to be able to vote?

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Please mind the (wage) gap
Please mind the (wage) gap
By Tiani Grosso • June 20, 2018 10:14 am

Women first started entering the workforce in large numbers during World War II, with the need for workers and the…

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Court resets playing field
Court resets playing field
By Ray Miller-Still • June 22, 2018 10:28 am

For many people in this country — an estimated 10 million that identify as LBGTQ, as well as their countless…

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KSD should think twice when cutting AVID program
KSD should think twice when cutting AVID program
June 14, 2018 12:47 pm

My name is Catryce Thompson and I am a senior at Kentwood High School in Covington. During my freshman year…

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Signs of progress in ending sexual violence
Signs of progress in ending sexual violence
By Mary Ellen Stone Guest Commentary • June 13, 2018 11:31 am

The conversation surrounding sexual violence has grown louder in recent months as more and more women, men and young people…

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There a way to blend values, reinvent our society?
There a way to blend values, reinvent our...
By Richard Elfers • June 8, 2018 10:08 am

‘The most common basis of resistance to change is the fear that with your new learning will come a new…

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Public record battle brings in a mediator
Public record battle brings in a mediator
By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer • June 7, 2018 1:30 am

A bunch of folks at the William D. Ruckelshaus Center are waiting to help bring about detente in the public…

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Summer — and the pure joy of summer reading — is finally here
Summer — and the pure joy of summer...
By Lisa Rosenblum • June 6, 2018 11:38 am

Summer time. What welcome words!

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