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What are you doing to cut health care...
By Robert Graef • April 12, 2010 2:56 pm

It’s no secret that folks in Snohomish County are wondering about the merits of the Health Care Reform Act. One senator said of the bill, “It ain’t pretty but we got her done.” Many believe it to be an uncertain step in the right direction. Others disagree.

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What are you doing to cut health care...
By Robert Graef • April 12, 2010 2:53 pm

It’s no secret that folks in Snohomish County are wondering about the merits of the Health Care Reform Act. One senator said of the bill, “It ain’t pretty but we got her done.” Many believe it to be an uncertain step in the right direction. Others disagree.

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O beautiful for spacious skies
By Robert Graef • March 8, 2010 12:16 pm

The last time the nation was in this mood, the Graef family moved to Africa and voted absentee until the…

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Insured by Smith and Wesson
By Robert Graef • February 23, 2010 2:54 pm

When I recall afternoons spent at Gissberg Lakes, Lake Goodwin Park, Deception Pass Park, the Jetty or other favorite places,…

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Don’t be a distracted parent
By Robert Graef • February 8, 2010 9:02 am

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Paine Field; New regs banish old worries
By Robert Graef • January 8, 2010 1:57 pm

The drive from Marysville to SeaTac takes a little over an hour on a good day. On a bad day…

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Universal health care starts at home
By Robert Graef • January 5, 2010 1:37 pm

While we ponder our New Year’s resolutions, the health-care debate continues. Too expensive, some say. Insufficient coverage, say others. Few…

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A different kind of Christmas
By Robert Graef • December 21, 2009 6:29 pm

Tomorrow night will be Christmas Eve. Depending on whether parents cave in or not, kids may either get a peek…

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Charges of Fascism aired in Marysville cafe
By Robert Graef • December 7, 2009 3:20 pm

Four men occupied a table at Haggen’s. Big men with big voices so I didn’t have to strain to catch…

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Politically incorrect
By Robert Graef • November 24, 2009 11:55 am

Our Man in Olympia, Hans Dunshee, has a hang-up about the Confederacy. Back in ’02, Dunshee happened upon the Jefferson…

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Halloween candy
By Robert Graef • November 10, 2009 3:14 pm

Shoppers wore smiles as costumed kids danced up and down the aisles at Freddie’s on the afternoon of October 31st….

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Why I like an imperfect world
By Robert Graef • October 27, 2009 4:07 pm

Every trip abroad sets me to questioning something about our way of life. Okay, this isn’t Europe and we aren’t…

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Looking to the sun (even when we can’t...
By Robert Graef • October 13, 2009 11:42 am

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