Opinion

The old homestead is looking very different these days.

In 1999, Dad donated the five acres where my four siblings and I grew up to the City of Burien.

The last time I had been up to Mathison Park was last summer at the family…MORE

As they might say on “Prairie Home Companion,” “It was an interesting week in Education”

Several events, I believe, are all tied to just a few basic problems that we have in education.

1. Locally several of our middle school…MORE

For those of you who play golf or follow golf on television this is the week of the Masters tournament in Augusta and the world will be watching Tiger Woods and his search for redemption and forgiveness as he renews his miraculous artistry with a…MORE

Have you ever sat in church, on a bus or in a theatre and just looked around at people? I particularly look at seniors and wonder what they looked like, when they were kids or in their 20s.

However, my real curiosity is beyond how they…MORE

City Manager Tony Piasecki wrote in response to Des Moines Chief of Police Roger Baker's retirement announcement:

"On behalf of the residents of the City of Des Moines, the City Council, and city staff, thank you for your service to the…MORE

Meet Abel Magana

He is a deacon at Holy Family School in White Center.

Now residing in Burien, he was once a native of Puerto Vallarta in Mexico's Jalisco state.

He is married (deacons can be married) and the proud father of…MORE

Perhaps we should start with the differentiation that my high school Physics teacher always discussed. In his mind there was a difference between “Students” and “Pupils.”

“Student” has a root of “Study” in it. “Pupils” doesn’t and “…MORE

Replacing our seawall is a given: everyone agrees it is in poor condition and a public safety issue. The questions that loom before us are when, and who will pay?

Mayor McGinn has accelerated the timetable for seawall replacement from 2016…MORE

Written from notes after a visit in Burien on July 2nd 2009 on the occasion of my father Thomas Sieverts speaking in Burien.

I remember the unbelievable story of an invisible lake in the center of a town called Burien. There was no public…MORE

She moves across the room with the grace of a ballet dancer, carefully opening a dark mahogany cabinet.

From pristine glass shelves Gladys lifts a small decorated egg. "I've made a thousand of these," she says proudly.

The colorful…MORE