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Message of support to sexual assault survivors and Renton | Guest column
Right now, we want to speak to the survivors in our community.
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Ready for another cold apple from life’s vending machine | Whale’s Tales
Call it the sweetness of life.
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Cold War fallout shelter survives in childhood memories | Whale’s Tales
Dad never finished the bomb shelter.
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The aggressive in-your-face nature of online advertising | Whale’s Tales
It was 3 p.m. on a recent Friday, and there I was, at my computer, desperate to dig…
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Here’s a theory on the fate of conspiracy theorists | Whale’s Tales
If you try to reason with people like that, that the conspiracy they are going on about isn’t…
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It’s time to laugh instead of cringe at politicians | Whale’s Tales
As humorist and social critic H.L. Mencken wrote, “A man who can laugh, if only at himself, is…
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What sort of learning really matters when it’s all over? | Whale’s Tales
It will be about what does not perish when we do.
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Here are some troublesome aspects of chemotherapy | Whale’s Tales
Life without hope draws nectar in a sieve, hope without an object cannot live.
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Thoughts on Memorial Day and the ultimate sacrifice | Brunell
On Memorial Day, we traditionally honor Americans in our military who gave their lives in battle for our…
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Let’s all paws and appreciate the wisdom of dogs | Whale’s Tales
I’ve heard people say that human beings are the only creatures that know they will die.
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If you’re right, and you know it, then read this | Whale’s Tales
As the poet Theodore Roethke once wrote: “In a dark time the eye begins to see…”
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Foreign languages often find a better way to say it | Whale’s Tales
“Learn a new language and get a new soul.”
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When it comes to grievances, the joke is on us | Whale’s Tales
I can’t shake the conviction that a sense of perpetual aggrievement is one of the key components of…
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Vote yes on Initiative Measure 23-02 for working families and an equitable community
Guest opinion piece.
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The real devil in American society is willful ignorance | Whale’s Tales
I was curious. I had to know what was true. So I set out to educate myself.
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Grappling with the finality of an oncologist’s statement | Whale’s Tales
Perhaps my brain injected a bit of humor to cover the shock. But I felt the gut punch.
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In search of the weirdest names on the map | Whale’s Tales
I have always been fascinated by the titles we Americans have bestowed on our towns and cities over…
