Opinion
PAT NEAL: Free speech isn’t free
There were giants in the land. We lost one last week.
Opinion
OUR VIEW: We’re moving, but we will remain in community
THIS OLD BUILDING, steeped in history, whispers stories of bygone days.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The first salmon
THE BLOOMING OF the salmonberries marks a change in the season. In the old days, these blossoms signaled…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Spill some salmon here
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. The bad news was the loss of 25,525 salmon smolts…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The daylight digs
THE END OF steelhead fishing season was the day my universe came crashing down. I remember it like…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Twilight forever and ever
THERE’S A DISTURBING trend in modern journalism for reporters to use fleeting celebrity references as an excuse for…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A question of flowers
THANK YOU FOR reading this. Sometimes I think that if you didn’t read this, no one would. You…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The de-extinction of the 100-pound salmon
Who says there’s no good news? Recently scientists claimed they are on the verge of bringing the woolly…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Smells like spring fever
THERE MAY BE nothing more beautiful than pussywillows in the snow. Unless it’s the white blossoms of the…
Opinion
LETTER: There he goes again
Last Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced that his administration was once again canceling federal student loans for 153,000…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: To build a fire
Camping isn’t just for summer anymore. The woods, beaches and campgrounds are full of campers in the dead…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Fishing from a sinking boat
It was another tough week in the news. Steelhead fishing on the Olympic Peninsula has gotten so crowded…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The 50th anniversary of the Boldt Decision
It’s been 50 years since the Boldt Decision of Feb. 12, 1974. The world has changed.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The green crab blues
The green crab is in the news again. Scientists are tagging them to track their movements. The green…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Those crazy Russians are at it again
Those crazy Russians are at it again. In 2022, Russia made itself the laughing stock of the civilized…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Remembering a guide’s friend
Like the good Book said, “There were giants in the land.” We lost one last week.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A short history of winter
As a kid, I remember the old-timers saying, “We don’t have winters like that anymore.” Referring to sometime…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Peninsula power problems
IT WAS A dark and stormy night. Then the power went out and it got darker. The storm…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: New Year’s resolutions
By now, I’m pretty sure we’ve all had it up to here with know-it-all newspaper columnists wasting valuable…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: ‘Tis the season of holiday stress
It’s been another tough week in the news. The holiday stress is running at a fever pitch.