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    Articles by Robert Whale
    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    My fellow Americans, we need a political middle...
    By Robert Whale • July 29, 2022 5:30 am

    For the poor beleaguered voter in the coming elections, I offer this piece of advice — beware of the stealth…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    There’s nothing partisan about recognizing the truth |...
    By Robert Whale • July 22, 2022 5:30 am

    Nobody cares. Nobody is watching.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Here’s the supreme irony behind so-called states’ rights...
    By Robert Whale • July 16, 2022 5:30 am

    Many crack-brained ideas are riding the winds in this country, noxious seeds bound for the ears of sympathetic legislators.

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    To prevent future violence, we need to learn what’s in us | Whale’s Tales
    To prevent future violence, we need to learn...
    By Robert Whale • July 2, 2022 5:30 am

    Fresh pools of blood, tears and fury.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Seems we didn’t see what we saw, or...
    By Robert Whale • June 22, 2022 8:30 am

    Like others lately, I have been avidly following the Jan. 6 Committee’s hearings into the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    So much in me, good and bad, I...
    By Robert Whale • June 18, 2022 6:30 am

    This Sunday, like many folks across this nation will do and each in their own way, I will remember my…

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    Police lines set up outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (Public domain photo courtesy of VOA/Wikipedia)
    The search for common ground in our national...
    By Robert Whale • June 10, 2022 10:47 am

    Late last month, a small Texas city joined an ever-expanding list of cities and sites that none of them ever…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The frustrating clash between reality and conspiracies |...
    By Robert Whale • June 4, 2022 11:30 am

    I have thinking lately about goofy, patently absurd notions.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Roe v. Wade and the road we have...
    By Robert Whale • May 20, 2022 5:30 am

    I have been thinking a lot lately about the Prohibition Era in the United States and the fiery, brook-no-argument crusaders…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Here’s a theory on why people embrace all...
    By Robert Whale • May 14, 2022 5:30 am

    Not so long ago, one could have called me a dyed-in-the-wool, hard-core skeptic about cryptids.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Never miss a chance to treasure your mama...
    By Robert Whale • May 7, 2022 5:30 am

    With the approach of Mother’s Day, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my own mother, gone 16 years ago…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Could we pull together like the Ukrainians are...
    By Robert Whale • April 14, 2022 3:04 pm

    The past is like a foreign country — they do things differently there.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Music at the intersection of past and present...
    By Robert Whale • March 11, 2022 11:35 am

    It is a July day in 1969, and I am with my family at Lake Surprise. I have just finished…

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    • King County’s small farmers need livestock processing options
    • In quest for solvency, VISD solicits report. The consultant’s views made news last year.
    • Local gallery devoted to the art of origami to close
    • Vashon HouseHold to host ‘Battle of the Bands’ fundraiser

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