Opinion

Thanks to the Ballard News Tribune for your supportive editorial on marriage equality for same-sex couples ("What's love got to do with it?", August 2). After the devastating decision from our state supreme court, it's nice to read that some…MORE

After several years of struggling along and begging for annual renewal of the money to keep the West Seattle Water Taxi alive, it may be that the summer service is inching toward success and maybe even extension of it annual operating schedule.…MORE

In response to the articles on North Highline annexation in the July 26 Times/News, I would like to offer this clarification on behalf of the entire Burien City Council.

After studying the potential annexation of the North Highline area…MORE

"Don't let them take Granny's money!" a signature gatherer was braying outside of a Safeway store last June. There was a crowd on hand to see the classic cars at the Greenwood auto show and to their credit, most of the gear heads didn't notice…MORE

Last Wednesday, July 26, the Washington State Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law enacted in 1998 that limits marriages to a man and a woman. The upshot of the decision is that gay couples, pinning…MORE

School closures are over and everthing went the way we wanted. We can relax, right?

Wrong.

West Seattle's representative on the Seattle school board told reporter Rebekah Schilperoort (story, Page 1) that the hardest part of…MORE

It is good to hear that the city will really fix California Avenue and not just slap some oil and little rocks over the top and call it a job.

We got the idea that was the plan at first. Now the city street folks are agreeing that there…MORE

The message I got from Elsbeth the other morning when I went down to fix my breakfast while she was poking around in the closet, trying to decide which of 97 tops to wear, was the remainder of a loaf of olive bread I found on the kitchen counter…MORE

The Kinks were not referring to Boeing and Airbus when they observed, "It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world...." but they could have been.

Earlier this decade, Boeing was bedeviled by multiple problems including the resignations of…MORE

With a trend toward focusing on outdoor living more than plant collecting, theme gardening takes on a new life.

The right palette of plants helps define the outdoor living style of your garden. The garden becomes a place in which to live,…MORE