Opinion

I was sitting on my enclosed patio last week, the warm sun teasing my aging body when it occurred to me that I’ve been very lucky. Lucky to be alive at 92 with no pain.

I use a walker to negotiate my way to the dinner table and a bathroom…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

I was supposed to share this particular story of mine weeks ago, but new things kept coming up that I just had to talk about 'right now.' So to my mother who instigated this whole event that I will be telling you about…MORE

By Sharon Hofstra Haugen (Editor’s Note: As the 1960 graduates of Burien’s Highline High School celebrate their milestone birthdays, Sharon Haugen looks back at the historic time in which they were born.)

This year the Highline/Mt. Rainier…MORE

For many recent weeks local golf addicts have been glued to the tube watching the world’s best professionals competing for honors on some of the world’s toughest golf courses.

As I have given up the game and joined the televised slicers…MORE

By Marjorie Young

One of our most popular pastimes, it appears, involves wishing for others to change. This futile activity takes up much of our time. Over the course of countless psychic readings, I have encountered it again and again……MORE

Yes, I've given in and am adding my name to the thousands of people sticking their noses into the (Kentucky) Savannah Dietrich sexual assault case. For those who don't know what's going on, here's my quick rundown, stripping away as much of the…MORE

The Burien City Staff is not really interested in getting correct and factual information about annexation to the public. This lack of effort on their part has contributed to the confusion on the issue of annexation. Citizens and voters can’t…MORE

Today I woke kind of pessimistic, having been mulling the general state of the economy both nationally and globally ,probably from listening to too much news coverage, or it might be me just getting up in a funk but there are many indicators that…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

This week I've been blessed enough to host a friend I haven't seen in over a year. We were room mates in college for nearly all four years and have never quite seen eye to eye, but one of the great things about friendship…MORE

Johnny Pesky (who died last week) was not only a great baseball player at Lincoln High in Portland but he was also a whiz on the ice rink near Vaughn street park where the Portland Beavers played in the 30's.

I know because I…MORE