Do our state representatives fulfill their oaths of office? While not specifically required to take an oath, it’s been the practice of all legislators to… Continue reading
With spring and the Easter holiday almost upon us, I would like to remind people to please not buy baby rabbits that are sometimes sold… Continue reading
Medicare for all. Sounds good, doesn’t it? I don’t like paying my monthly premium either, but let’s not equate it with quality. We currently have… Continue reading
In a story in the Wednesday PDN, a narcotics raid netted an incredible number of weapons, amount of cash and illegal drugs. Ten SWAT teams… Continue reading
In the broadest sense, totalitarianism is characterized by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all aspects of individual life through coercion and… Continue reading
the daylight low tides. You can dig razor clams in the night tides, but the… Continue reading
For many, Jan. 1 marks the beginning and end of the calendar year. For anglers in Washington, April 1 marks the new year. That’s the… Continue reading
TOURISM IS A hazardous industry, just ask our Native American friends. When the first tourists showed up on our shores, they were polite and needy.… Continue reading
13,900 years ago. That’s the date that’s been fixed upon the… Continue reading
BIRD WATCHING IS my life. Most of my best bird watching has been done with a chainsaw. This is considered unethical in some circles, but… Continue reading
unless it is the skunk cabbage in the snow. This swamp-dwelling harbinger of spring… Continue reading
THESE DAYS, SCIENTISTS are saying we are living through the sixth mass extinction on Earth. Five mass extinctions have happened over the last half a… Continue reading
I WAS BORN and raised in Alaska. My family homesteaded there. It was commonplace for residents to own guns for hunting and protection from
wildlife.… Continue reading
HELLO YOUNG LOVERS, whoever you are. I hope your troubles are few. I hope your Valentine’s Day went better than mine. Valentine’s Day is a… Continue reading
READ ANY GOOD books lately? There’s a new one out that should interest anyone looking to learn about the history of the Olympic Peninsula. “Our… Continue reading
THERE’S A SAYING around here: If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. It will change, but you might not like it any better.… Continue reading
a celebration of literature, music and fine cuisine. Robert Burns was an 18th Century Scottish poet and lyricist, who… Continue reading
Who says there’s no good news? A new world-record Chinook salmon weighing over 105 pounds was recently landed by a lucky angler. This beats the… Continue reading
IN LAST WEEK’S episode, the Press Expedition of 1889-90, a motley collection of six men, four dogs named Daisy, Tweed, Bud and Dike, and one… Continue reading
even though it has just started. And yet, things could… Continue reading
