Opinion

Categorizing has always been a way of labeling individuals so they will stay in their places. No matter how many little differences there are within the human condition we cannot escape being labeled. We are taught to conform and to fit in, to be…MORE

By Shane Harms

Tuesday night’s visiting lecture series, featuring renowned polar explorer Liv Arnesen and acclaimed educator and researcher Willy Østreng, opened with disheartening commentary about the ways the shipping industry can and…MORE

In 1952 I accepted an offer to manage this newspaper if I could also buy it someday. I had no money.

I was a trained electrician at Boeing before a neighbor mentioned that there was a job opportunity in advertising and writing for the old…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Despite the Obama administration's announcement that it is no longer requiring religiously based employers to provide no-cost birth control to all female employees and is instead giving that responsibility to the insurance…MORE

It must have 30 coats of paint.

It has changed doors and windows too many times to count. It was the former Game Collective, a medical marijuana outlet until November of last year.

In looking back, it was also a Chinese late night…MORE

Valentine’s Day will come and go, yet love stories from history, myths and legends reign eternal and likely will be told for so long as mankind sees the light of day.

Falling in love with a person is often a gamble for happiness. Falling…MORE

By Charles Ganong

Recently I was a substitute teacher in the Highline School District.

As luck, fate or karma would have it, I was often called to work at the Evergreen High campus, my alma mater. Which is weird, actually, because…MORE

Now that Seattle has become quite a metropolis you will find on every downtown newsstand free newspapers exploding with ads. These ads range from cultural events and sightseeing opportunities to telephone sex or even an exotic massage. One female…MORE

Be you bitter or blissful the season of hearts, candy and way too much red, pink and purple confetti is once again upon us. It seems appropriate that it's during the Valentine's Day season that the Washington State Senate has approved the bill…MORE

(Editor’s note: Jerry Robinson first met Clay Abraham in high school in Portland in 1936. They became fast friends-- double dating and hanging out at Jantzen Beach. World War II interrupted their lives. Clay became a pilot; he lost his life over…MORE