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COMMENTARY: Bro vs. Wade — one man’s long journey to reproductive choice

Any society that lets one-half of its people make an incredibly intimate decision by following their conscience and…

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COMMENTARY: Searching for a way forward

How do we live in these times? One step at a time, I tell myself. Try hard. Don’t…

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.

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Drones can help restore scorched public forests | Brunell

Regenerating millions of western forested acres scorched by large wildfires is a herculean task costing hundreds of billions.…

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Fireworks or gas prices? | Shiers

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Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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Let freedom ring | Shiers

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To prevent future violence, we need to learn what’s in us | Whale’s Tales

Fresh pools of blood, tears and fury.

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

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What are lawmakers doing to stop gun violence? | Roegner

A gunman recently massacred 19 children and two teachers with a legally-obtained AR-15-style rifle at Robb Elementary School…

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How to stop a radical and extremist court

This court — in its zeal to put more weapons on the street in a time when Americans…

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Open Letter to the Community from Burton Hill: Water is Life

Let’s broaden our vision and our conversation. In the big picture of our lives in this community, what…

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Summing Up: COVID Vaccines Save Lives

Unfortunately, hybrid immunity has one major disadvantage: You must survive COVID to obtain it. That’s not a trivial…

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.

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Tell these politicians about the value of hydropower | Brunell

Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray, both Democrats, issued a draft report that estimates that breaching the…

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Enforcing the ban on fireworks | Shiers

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

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Seems we didn’t see what we saw, or so say the gaslighters | Whale

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