As my mother, Marge Short, and I walk our way down the sidewalks to see the only living Sequoia tree…
Baseball season traditionally opens in early April. Football season starts in mid-September. And Washington’s political season traditionally begins on Labor…
Editor’s Note: Bellevue resident William Wheeler is responding to John Carlson’s recent column, “Race and sensitivity” about a white police…
Michael Steele, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, was in Bellevue recently to speak at a rally. By the way, he’s also African American.
I always tell people that I can predict earthquakes. I’ll tell you how I do it at the end of…
Columnists love feedback. It means their work is likely encouraging conversation in the community. A few times a year, starting…
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the moon landing recently got me thinking how much sending our kids off to college,…
For Fat Albert pilot Major Drew Hess of the United States Marine Corps, Sunday’s demonstration flight during Seafair in Seattle…
It’s being called a “teaching moment”. But the lesson being learned is not what people thought it would be when…
July 20, 1969. It was a perfect summer Sunday under Montana’s Big Sky. After church and a quick breakfast, we…
Yes, we live better lives – in some cases much better lives – because of technology. But when does a…
I’ve lived in the Northwest most of my life. I used to joke that if the temperature moves into the…
Underfunded or poorly run? Two wildly different pictures about King County government are being painted by the current King County…
Leave it to the bureaucrats and the politicians to get it wrong again. The state of Alabama has gone to…
The author of a recent Bellevue Voices article clearly confuses conservatism with anarchy. He proceeds to list a number of…
Raising a child to healthy, happy adulthood is no small task. Many a parent will tell you it’s the toughest…
All losses to our community are bad, but some are worse than others. Phil Noble is one of those. Noble…
My brain has an automatic shut-off switch when I hear the phrase “all you have to do is.” In my…
When it comes to politics, do voters around here still want change? We’ll know later this summer, specifically Aug. 18….
