Opinion
Saving a dog who’s hours from death | FOR GOOD, FOR EVER
According to the Humane Society, approximately 2.7 million pets are euthanized in this country every year. Another source…
Opinion
Hawaii and the electric cow | DON BRUNELL
As our elected officials look to the future and work to expand our economy, grow our tax base…
Opinion
Did you hear that roar? | FRANK SHIERS JR.’S VIEW
Frank Shiers Jr.'s editorial comic, week of March 14, 2014.
Opinion
Meanwhile in Olympia: Teen tan Rx; bikers go ahead and make that left on red | JERRY CORNFIELD
For those keeping count, 11 had been added to the books as of Wednesday afternoon with dozens of…
Opinion
Region not fully prepared for disaster | COMMENTARY
Is the Puget Sound region – home to more than 4.5 million people – adequately prepared for a…
Opinion
Goofy apps leave me speechless | COMMENTARY
My daughter, Katy, exercises her free speech on me all the time. I never knew I was such…
Opinion
Boeing fatigue lands heavily on lawmakers | JERRY CORNFIELD
Many started experiencing fatigue soon after casting a vote in a November special session to extend tax breaks…
Opinion
Some legislators going to the mat for ‘artistic wrestling’ | JERRY CORNFIELD
House Bill 2573 gives the department until Nov. 1 to come up with recommendations for regulating this form…
Opinion
Better late than never? | FRANK SHIERS JR.’S VIEW
Frank Shiers Jr.'s editorial comic, week of Feb. 28. 2014.
Letters to the Editor
Wrong burden at Tiffany Park | LETTER TO THE EDITOR
"I think it’s unfair that existing 20-year residents should be less considered than those moving into high-dollar new…
Opinion
We can learn from the Skagit River Bridge replacement | DON BRUNELL
The Skagit River bridge replacement is an example of how things can get done quickly and effectively.
News
That’s pretty old… | FRANK SHIERS JR.’S VIEW
Frank Shiers Jr.'s editorial comic, week of Feb. 21, 2013.
Opinion
Time to end the death penalty in Washington | COMMENTARY
"On Sept. 20, 2006, the King County Journal published an essay I wrote on the death penalty. In…
Opinion
Fully funding state schools will take more than one meeting | JERRY CORNFIELD
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are finding themselves once again falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts…
Opinion
Putting risk in perspective | DON BRUNELL
Where there is life, there is risk. That's not some insightful quotation, it's just a fact.
Letters to the Editor
As Boomers retire, it’s time to make long-term care a priority | LETTER TO THE EDITOR
"The future looks startling to those of us who comprise the “silver tsunami” and is downright alarming for…
Letters to the Editor
Talk about a buzzkill; cartoonist strikes out | LETTER TO THE EDITOR
"The one detail the editorial cartoonist chooses to focus on is that the Mariners still suck?"
Opinion
Did Gov. Inslee sound the death knell for executions? | JERRY CORNFIELD
Jay Inslee endorsed the death penalty for his entire political career. But once the Democrat became governor and…
Opinion
Justice for whom? | FRANK SHIER’S JR.’S VIEW
Frank Shiers Jr.'s editorial comic, week of Feb. 14, 2014.