April 26, 2009. That is the last day of the Legislature under the state Constitution. That’s less than one month…
It was the Advent of Christmas 1996. Our son John, age 13, had a well prepared list of gift “suggestions”…
A couple of weeks ago I attended a town hall where a trio of Eastside legislators warned darkly about the…
It seems sometimes I grew up in a different country than you. I grew up in a time and place…
I remember it vividly from many years ago. I had sneaked up to my young son’s bedroom door and peered…
The Overlake area between Bellevue and Redmond is going to grow. Redmond wants it, Bellevue accepts it. Puget Sound Energy…
The acts have to be sanitized for a family newspaper. But if people knew what Cal Brown really did to…
I am a pro-life conservative. I believe in lower taxes, less government, etc. This time, I support tax increases —…
The old Mervyn’s building near Alderwood Mall has been transformed into something called “H Mart.” Lenny and I were curious,…
I can still remember the day Mark Hughes decided he would spend the rest of his life indoors. We were…
As the economic crunch continues to pressure our well-being, two things are clear. First, more people are coming on tough…
Q: I give my three children, age 10, 13 and 15, multivitamin supplements every day. Recently I read that an…
A few weeks ago I alerted Reporter readers to a startling state Senate proposal that would erase the life terms of nearly half the state’s 292 “Three Strikes, You’re Out” inmates, setting more than 80 of them free immediately. The legislation, SB 5292, passed out of committee with the support of Eastside Sen. Rodney Tom.
