Editorials
Voters, not a handpicked successor, should choose our next Sheriff
For context, I am a strong supporter of law enforcement. I am also the child of an officer…
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Rep. Walsh solutions to Washington’s problems
People ask me what common-sense lawmakers would do to fix what’s broken in Washington. They say, “Give us…
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Helen of Dungeness, The Odyssey and Hudson Bay Company
SEEN ANY GOOD movies lately? I did. “The Odyssey” is a 3,000-year-old morality play about the enduring themes…
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It starts with one little glitch
Recently something happened at home that made me swear. And I don’t swear very often and when I…
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‘There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter’
DEAR READER: As we study our voters’ pamphlets for the Aug. 4 Primary Election — disappointed by the…
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Seeking vampires, werewolves and the sasquatch: A short history of tourists
FROM THE ACIDIFIED ocean to the melting glaciers, the Olympic Peninsula has always been a tourist magnet.
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Flock cameras and the Great Facebook Olympics
If scientists ever decide to study human behavior, they can save themselves a whole lot of grant money.…
Editorials
Ocean Shores needs a stronger business voice
Ocean Shores is a tourism community. We’re also a residential community, a retirement community, and a real city…
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‘To close the door is the worst kind of hypocrisy’
DEAR READER: Over the past few weeks, you’ve been reading the first drafts of chapters for a potential…
Editorials
Timberland Regional Library right to welcome everyone
The 250th celebration of our nation’s birth provided a wonderful time to reflect on the formation of the…
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Mosquitos and blood-sucking flies: There ain’t no bugs on me
IT WAS GOING to be one of those summer days I’d remember all winter.
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Silence is complicity, and absolute power corrupts absolutely
DEAR READER: On March 21, 1974, America was awash in Watergate. Slade Gorton, Washington’s attorney general, had admired…