Opinion

With the lure of tax-free distributions, Roth IRAs have become popular retirement savings vehicles since their introduction in 1998. But if you're a high-income taxpayer, chances are you haven't been able to participate in the Roth revolution.…MORE

My summer was filled with family. In July, I picnicked with 65 members of my extended family at my boyhood home in Burien. And a couple of weeks ago, I rented a Lincoln City beach home with Marge's family from New York City. As a kid, I figured…MORE

(Editor's Note: Tim Robinson interviewed Tom Brandes, a member of Rainier Golf and Country Club, who recently competed in the U.S. Senior Open golf tournament in Indiana. Jerry Robinson added a footnote.)

What was your first time? Your…MORE

While in Lacey a couple of weekends ago I heard my partner's mother comment on the "Swine Flu Ready to Explode" headlines in the Olympian. We all should be "bracing for a second wave of Swine Flu infections that could sicken millions of people…MORE

In my 30 years at the beach, I have never seen fishing like it is now. The humpie run includes a lot of small silvers also and the beachfront is daily lined with fishermen casting buzz bombs and spoons. John Richards, easily the best fly-rod…MORE

Girls have a way of getting noticed, and "Miss Katrina" knows how. Three years ago this August an impish, loving, then 10-month old, Shih Tzu became my roommate -- and as dog owners know happens --changed my life. In a column that month I…MORE

Last week at a Seattle City Council briefing and the following day before the city council's Transportation Committee, the city's Department of Transportation Director Grace Crunican presented a new budget for their two-way Mercer Corridor Plan,…MORE

A couple weeks ago, Rep. Jim McDermott held a “democrats only” meeting, which many of us thought was to be an open-doors town hall.  We were dismayed but not deterred. 

I, along with others, including congressional candidate Steve Beren,…MORE

(Editor's note: The following article appears originally in Seattle City Council member Nick Licata's newsletter "Urban Politics.")

The city is currently seeking members to serve on the Urban Forestry Commission. Background on the urban…MORE

(Editor's Note: Initiative 1033 co-sponsor Tim Eyman wrote this op-ed for the Times/News in response to the SeaTac City Council passing a resolution stating its opposition to the measure.)

Here's what we're debating with I-1033: how fast…MORE