Teenagers' kind acts often go unnoticed
On Dec. 8, the Future Business Leaders of America group from Marysville Getchell High School, School For the Entrepreneur, lead by Kris Mikesell,...
View ArticleDeep gratitude for return of lost ring
I was reminded recently that there are good people among us. They may go unnoticed but do kind things just because it's the right thing to do and are...
View ArticleThe case for John Kerry
WASHINGTON -- What kind of secretary of state would Sen. John Kerry make? That's the question of the moment after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice's...
View ArticleUn-hitching the middle class
WASHINGTON -- As politicians compete to prove who loves the middle class more, they're missing the elephant and the donkey in the room.
View ArticleBoehner's day of reckoning
WASHINGTON -- To hear House Speaker John Boehner tell it, President Obama is a veritable Stephen Colbert.
View ArticleCrisis talk makes real cliff welcome
WASHINGTON -- Are you as sick of the "fiscal cliff" as I am? Actually, that's a trick question. You couldn't possibly be.
View ArticleA smart conservative position on war on drugs
"Mandatory sentences breed injustice," Judge Roger Vinson told the New York Times. A Ronald Reagan appointee to the federal bench in Florida, Vinson...
View ArticleSocial Security, Medicare more than just numbers
The way some people talk in Washington D.C. you could get the idea that Social Security and Medicare are little more than numbers in a budget.
View ArticleSteal cable to see this reality show
Obamacare isn't all that complicated -- it's like a taxpayer funded (OTV) benefit for "free" cable TV. OTV includes virtually everything, in HD, with...
View ArticleAgreement only on doing nothing
It's too bad the 535 "decision challenged" people who preside over the totally inept 112th Congress cannot bring themselves to do what is in the best...
View ArticleSystem more punitive than fair
The current administration wants to talk about fairness.
View ArticleVoters must recall sneaky moves
Let it be a cautionary tale -- the governor of Michigan is stripping rights and planning to sign bills to remove any possibility of citizen...
View ArticleThere's no war on Christmas
I grew up in a Jewish household, the kind that celebrated by feeling guilty about not attending services. A few generations back there are rabbis in...
View ArticleDeduction shouldn't be mansion subsidy
With Congress finally starting to have a serious conversation about our revenue crisis, there are obvious reasons to limit the amount of mortgage...
View ArticleWhat is the right use for old mill site?
The closure of the Kimberly-Clark plant on Everett's waterfront, and the loss of 700 jobs, was a sucker punch to our community. So improbable was...
View ArticleBlame people, not the weapons
Within weeks of one another, our country has suffered two tragic and appalling mass shootings. Both shooters (or maybe more) have been...
View ArticleWe must stand up for the innocents
Enough! We stand around wringing our hands that it's too complex a problem to solve; the 2nd Amendment is inviolate. And the children die. Their...
View ArticleHow will we help the mentally ill?
What are we going to do about the growing numbers of people with mental illness? Instead of help for those individuals and their families, very...
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