Voters need to ask themselves the following questions before they mark their ballots for president. Do you want to elect…
Season’s greetings to you! I mean the flu and cold season, of course.
All of us eventually grapple with the ethics, morality and compassion surrounding the end of someone’s life. Usually someone we love. Here’s my story.
Neutral. Not exactly a word that sends chills up the spine, or adrenaline through the veins – unless you’re a weather geek and you know that when you hear the words “neutral” and “winter outlook” in the same sentence, it’s time to hang onto your hat and keep the chainsaw handy.
King County is facing the largest budget shortfall in its history. As the budget leadership team for the King County Council we believe there are several belt-tightening moves we can take now to help close that gap –
High gasoline prices may not be good for our wallets, but they might prompt us to improve our physical health and our social connections.
When I was a teenager, I remember watching TV at Dean Cartmill’s house. Dean was my best friend and one of the most even-tempered people around. Nothing seemed to make him angry.
I know we have more urgent issues than what I’m going to vent about, but I think it’s a part of why our country is in such dire straits these days.
All parents want success for their children. And all children (though they may not always show it) want to succeed. But how do you define success? Therein lies the rub.
Starting this week, your community news site is adding a lot more community.
For years now, people who oppose building or expanding roads have insisted that all we need to do is make better use of existing roads. Sure enough, along comes Initiative 985 to do just that. And who’s leading the opposition? The anti-roads coalition.
It’s been a tough couple of weeks here in the Bellevue Reporter newsroom. We’ve been stretched pretty thin. Let me bring you up to date.
It’s not about price, it’s about value.
School has begun. Expectations for teachers, administrators, and districts are high as students enter the classroom for 2008-2009. Unfortunately, we continue to see students’ educational achievement diminish.
The other day, I noticed that the laptop computer I use for writing this column was behaving differently. The words were repetitive and repetitive; the writing had occasional mizpelings — and many of the paragraphs ended in mid-senten.
When the flood waters rose last December, Kelley Jones received a phone call. As a Medical Reserve Corps volunteer in Thurston County, she was asked to assist the relief effort in rural communities west of Centralia. Kelley and another volunteer went door to door asking residents if they needed help. The flood survivors she met were trying to meet their most basic needs while they grappled with the loss of livestock, homes and treasured possessions.
When we reconstitute our government this fall through the remarkable exercise of American democracy, we will shape the future not only with regard to controversial issues, but also for widely supported, crucial institutions such as higher education.
Last week, a semi-trailer truck clipped a corner of the historic downtown Pioneer Square pergola in Seattle. Luckily, the pergola wasn’t badly damaged and only needed some paint touchups. It was a far luckier outcome than what happened back in 2001 when a semi-truck driver from Greensburg, Penn., also clipped the pergola and caused the entire structure to collapse in ruin in the wee hours of the morning. Here’s what happened following that one:
What would be the reason for a person’s life if at the end of it all, you found out that God did not exist?
Is Washington State running a surplus or a deficit?
