by Don C. Brunell
by Don C. Brunell
Since I have most of my money in Washington Mutual Bank, every time I see a WaMu headline in the newspapers, I read the article under it very carefully.
Change is in the air. In spite of the soggy weather activity is picking up at the Ebey Slough Boat Launch. Coatless children shiver at school bus stops, hoping the clouds will part. Truckers off-load racks of bedding plants and hanging baskets at Freddys and Wal-Mart. Given the growth-rate of lawns, its a good thing that skiing is on the wane because spring chores can claim all the outdoor time householders have to spare.
If you saw a fanatical mob pillage and burn a church or synagogue you would not stand silent…
My first thought was, what a great pity that another nation should be added to those aggressors who choose to limit our freedom … I find myself at the age of eighty, an old woman, hanging on to the tail of the world, trying to keep up. I do not want the drivers seat but the eternal verities. There are certain things that I wish to express: one thing that I am very sure of is that hatred is death, but love is light. I want to contribute to the civilization of the world but … When I look at the holocaust that is going on in the world today, Im almost ready to let go…
by Sheldon Richman
by Don C. Brunell
My contention that there arent many Scoop Jackson Democrats around any more roused an old friend from my Olympia days to speak up on behalf of his onetime boss.
by Don C. Brunell
A couple of things I have just about given up on. Making people realize that candles are never left unattended unless they are secured in lanterns with glass chimneys and the fastest most elusive creature on earth is a toddler.
I could swear that in one of her television campaign ads, Darcy Burner, the Democrat running against U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, referred to the president as Georgie Bush. After that had run a few times, I noticed that she was now saying George. The technicians probably just nipped that second syllable out without having to re-film.
Our columnist, Adele Ferguson, draws a lot of reader comments. This time she is drawing one from the publisher.
