In support of a treatment facility It’s interesting how many people showed up at the July 8 City Council Meeting to protest a possible MAT… Continue reading
We recently returned from a place where sophisticated water engineering was commonplace over 2,000 years ago. Lyon, France, was the capital of Gaul during the… Continue reading
What does a civil conversation on a complex, contentious issue sound like? How does it unfold or progress from start to finish? Is the goal… Continue reading
A bias against Port of Port Angeles funds being spent in eastern Clallam County is being perpetuated. We in Sequim have repeatedly been told that… Continue reading
Thank you for taking the time to share your concerns regarding the future of the John Wayne Marina in your recent correspondence (June 28, 2019).… Continue reading
Perhaps it’s a naive point of view, but I thought America had gotten over separating and marginalizing vast groups of people. The last president to… Continue reading
State lawmakers outdid themselves this year in the assortment of ways they chose to extract more bucks from you, your neighbor, and even your friends… Continue reading
Like it or not, people die. At some point, we may even get the chance to consider our own deaths. In the case of my… Continue reading
This month’s selection of a new speaker for the state House of Representatives may be the year’s most important contest for Democrats in Washington. Seattle… Continue reading
When my parents graduated from high school in 1936, a college education was too expensive for the son of a copper miner and the daughter… Continue reading
According to every story I have heard about it, the female practice of holding our stomachs in and breathing from our lungs dates back to… Continue reading
It’s the season of long days, with increasing warmth, sunshine – and snowmelt in the Dungeness River. The river rises to its peak in June… Continue reading
During the 1992 presidential campaign, then-candidate Bill Clinton famously intoned, “I feel your pain,” reassuring voters he understood what they were going through. Since then,… Continue reading
How can we have civil conversations when it seems almost any discussion of any subject can quickly degenerate into name calling, finger pointing, hurt feelings… Continue reading
June 6, 2019, the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, brought together leaders of the United States and European nations to commemorate the sacrifices… Continue reading
As Gov. Jay Inslee prepared to launch his campaign for president earlier this year, he had a request of three fellow Democrats he knew to… Continue reading
I am a dinosaur in the equal rights arena, having grown up in the sixties (that’s 1960s, to you smart-alecks out there). As a school… Continue reading
The resignation of Guy Palumbo from the state Senate gives progressive Democratic lawmakers a clearer path to a capital gains tax, one of the few… Continue reading
I don’t know how you can be against clean water, but some of the industries in our state are. They have convinced the U.S. Environmental… Continue reading
Did you miss me? Not really? Even so now that you know, you might be interested in where I’ve been. I paused to take on… Continue reading
