Opinion

By Kyra-lin Hom

Now, I want to jump right in to this topic, but it's been requested that I follow up my Thanksgiving column from two weeks ago. So here's a quick rundown on how that baking with everything BUT any of the normal ingredients…MORE

Rev. Judith Laxer

On lucky December northwest days, the Sun barely makes a low, distant arc before descending. He angles in my window, weak and brilliant. The Winter Solstice approaches. Solstice means ‘sun stop’. The Ancients believed…MORE

I love words with multiple meanings and I love wordplay, which is why I was delighted by a description at the Seattle Housing Authority’s (SHA) Schwabacher House in Ballard. The Big Build, a project on Nov. 30 to create accessible gardens, was a…MORE

Rosie didn’t do it! “Not Guilty!” Newspaper headlines shout out in big black print that the Newfoundland dog, named, Rosie, legally did not need to be killed with a police rifle.

Sympathetic Rosie supporters around the world are hoping to…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Why do we do the things we do? What makes us think the way we think? And most importantly, if we're such intelligent, clear-minded individuals, why do we make so many bad decisions?! A relatively new and entirely radical…MORE

I have had my experience with minus tides so I don't plan to join the throngs on the puget sound beaches next week at Seahurst park. There will be hundreds of people walking the wet sand with lanterns and flashlights.I have talked to several…MORE

By Marjorie Young

One of the most difficult moments we face is the death of a loved one. However, it may prove equally challenging when not we, but someone we know, suffers the loss.

Recently, my friend ‘Sharon’ sought my advice.…MORE

We have some late-breaking election results.

Actually, these are scientific poll numbers.

We toil away in the lower level of the Burien Elks building and don’t always know how the Highline Times is viewed out there in the wider…MORE

I still look forward to Christmas even though Oregon Bank and Trust is now calling it something else and is probably not sponsoring Bank Day at grade schools anymore.

Starting in the first grade, I took my nickel or dime to school every…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Hello everyone, a belated 'Happy Thanksgiving!' to you all. Welcome, we are officially in the Christmas season. Hopefully most of you waited until after Thanksgiving to put up your Christmas lights and pop in your holiday…MORE