Opinion
Walter Backstrom | Educational progress and the liberal plantation
When President Barack Obama rolled out a $4.3 billion stimulus package for education, Washington state’s initial share was…
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Timi Gustafson | A balanced diet may be your best anti-depressant
By Timi Gustafson, R.D. A recently published study by the Columbia University Medical Center and the New York…
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Timi Gustafson | How to help your grand-daught eat healthy
Dear Timi, My 12-year old grand-daughter is getting chunky. I’m alarmed by this since she was always a…
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Patti Skelton-McGougan | Back to school brings a new kind of bullying
Most of us were bullied at one time or another when we were kids. More often than not,…
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Craig Groshart | Go with us to the game
Some say there is nothing better than Texas high school football. Apparently they haven’t seen the Bellevue Wolverines…
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John Carlson | Why people climb Mt. Rainier
Have you ever gazed at Mount Rainier on a cloudless day and wondered what it would take to…
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Walter Backstrom | Sit down and eat some candy
Dr. Martin Luther King sacrificed his life so this wouldn’t happen in 2009. This is a cautionary tale…
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Editorial | Navigating the Future
If you travel or commute in this region, you know the drill: check the weather, check the time…
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Walter Backstrom | Three balls and two strikes
In a baseball game, you have two teams and an umpire. The umpire is like the police. He…
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Walter Backstrom | I’m mad as hell
Recently, I received several e-mails accusing me of being an angry black man. I will admit to being…
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John Carlson | A health reform plan that actually works
One of the great things about call-in radio is that you get to hear ordinary people connect reality…
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Evergreen and lasting in Bellevue
As my mother, Marge Short, and I walk our way down the sidewalks to see the only living…
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John Carlson | Who to vote for in August elections
Baseball season traditionally opens in early April. Football season starts in mid-September. And Washington’s political season traditionally begins…
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Another look: The Harvard professor and the police officer
Editor’s Note: Bellevue resident William Wheeler is responding to John Carlson’s recent column, “Race and sensitivity” about a…
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Walter Backstrom | The new Republican Party?
Michael Steele, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, was in Bellevue recently to speak at a…
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Patty Puzzi | Predicting earthquakes
I always tell people that I can predict earthquakes. I’ll tell you how I do it at the…