Original intent.
I first read John Howard Griffin’s “Black Like Me” in Mrs. Dickinson’s seventh-grade English class at Cascade Junior High in…
In parts of the world, lives and battles lost more than 1,000 years ago still get human blood boiling.
Guest commentary.
As most of us learned at school, the U.S. Constitution requires a supermajority of three-fourths of the states to ratify…
As Maanha Nasir of Snoqualmie took the stage at last month’s National Civics Bee state championship, she spoke to judges…
The initial news was grim enough on its own: flash flooding in Central Texas had taken dozens of lives, with…
Lately, the rule of law has been in the news and there have been calls to impeach judges.
For all their flaws, the founders of the United States were brilliant.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently defined habeas corpus before a congressional hearing as “the right that the…
Among the fascinating relatives of the noun “instinct” is the German term “Fingerspitzengefühl.”
My brothers and sisters tell me they have also been called to account for using “big words.”
This cartoon references a recent story in the Federal Way Mirror about how the shape of FIFA World Cup 2026 is beginning to emerge.
At this moment, many of our distracted countrymen glare at each other over a rigid barrier of hardened suspicion and…
Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes, and fees on taxpayers. However, those added costs come…
Ever since it invented the skid steer loader in 1960, the Bobcat Company claims on its website, it has “helped…
Road trips through the heart of Eastern Washington’s one-horse towns are among the most treasured memories of my childhood.
Jury service is the most likely role residents will have in our justice system.
Questioning methods, as I see it, has nothing to do with politics or personal animosities.
There is a simple truth in municipal government: If City Hall wants our trust, its decision-making must begin with hearing…
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