Opinion

By Marjorie Young

It was a seemingly ordinary moment that entirely changed my life. I was thirteen, newly arrived in San Francisco after my parents’ divorce, when my married older sister phoned to invite my elder brother to the movies. An…MORE

 By James Robert Deal, Attorney   Traffic is bad and getting worse. Our population and our economy are growing. Finishing Link Light Rail, widening the freeways, eliminating choke points will take decades and cost billions of dollars. After…MORE

If the Evergreen High School Campus was a restaurant instead of a school, health inspectors would have shut it down long ago.   However, less stringent health standards seem to apply for school kids.  Rats scurry around nighttime Evergreen halls…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Historical dramas have always captured our imaginations. Like fantasy and science fiction, stories from our past transport us to another time and (often) place. When done well they are immersive, engaging and educational.…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

The latest Obama news spike to hit the air is his proposal for 'free' community college nationwide. If the proposal passes Congress and then the states, community college will be funded 75% by the Federal Government and 25…MORE

By Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles

It is exciting to see Seattle’s landscape and economy grow and evolve, but for every new crane on the horizon, there are hundreds of personal stories to be told.

Unfortunately, economic growth too…MORE

By Isabella Munson

People have the right to know what they are eating regardless of race, class, gender, ethnicity, citizenship, or religion. However, big corporations spend large sums of money to take away this basic right.

As a…MORE

By Marjorie Young

These days Zombies are everywhere; whether in TV, films, or fiction, they indeed seem to be ‘taking over’ the earth. Though fascination with these creatures definitely eludes me, their appeal cannot be denied. But why the…MORE

By Meghan Sheldrake

One of the most important issues in the food industry today is the use of libel law in that sector, hence “veggie” libel laws.  Companies are unconstitutionally suppressing legitimate critics of their business practices…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

The first most of us ever heard of virtual reality (VR) was Star Trek's 'holodeck' technology. The holodeck was a seemingly magic room where any reality could come to life via a fully immersive, all-five-senses-stimulating…MORE