OK, Pierce County voters: How many of you can explain Ranked Choice Voting or Instant Run-off Voting?
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?
Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the third major conflict in the Cold War between the superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States.
When acting as an agent of change in Federal Way, consider a lesson you learned in kindergarten.
Federal Way is often referred to as a mobile community — a rootless suburb where residents, not wedded to the community by family or historical ties, come and go as jobs and other factors influence them.
Did you hear that rumble last Tuesday night?
Due to the graying color of my hair, an inaccurate assumption is occasionally made that I have been around politics since statehood.
I occasionally view the Federal Way Mirror as a source of opportunity, much like musicians have spoken of: Where you catch a set of notes or a phrase, then see if you can take a little run down the block with them on your own.
As I begin my tenth year as your superintendent, my 21st year in Federal Way and my 41st year in our profession, I am sure of but a few things.
Thanks to principal Damon Hunter from Saghalie Middle School for taking part of his summer and going to the homes of every student at his school.
Spokane is well known for its competitive nature.
For years, the lilac city has jousted with Tacoma over claim to the title of Washington’s second-largest city. For a while, Tacoma had the lead and proudly proclaimed it, only to be surpassed again by Spokane — which somehow found a few more bodies. While no funny business has been proved, some suspected Spokaners of Chicago-style census tactics.
If politics were boxing — and sometimes it certainly seems that way — then we have finished with the sparring.
Questions, questions. Everybody has questions.
A retired sheriff’s deputy sends me e-mails regarding current issues that are confronted by law enforcement around the United States.
One critical component of many law enforcement agencies that gets attention from police professionals (and sometimes makes the news) is the SWAT team — those men and women with all the special training and weapons who show up when things get really dangerous.
