I read recently that playing music can help keep the doctors away. Since June 21 is World Music Day/Make Music Day, this piqued my interest to learn more about how playing a musical instrument can be …

With Father’s Day June 15, let’s turn to the Greek and later Roman citizen Plutarch’s (46-120) fatherly wisdom. What were some of the insights this mentor would share with fathers? …

 My son, daughter -in-law, grandson, and I enjoyed looking over the thought-provoking 56 or more displays inside the (Everett) Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum (FHCAM). When I arrived …

As the day turns to night, and when the bugler’s taps take over the garrison’s stillness, it can bring tears and sadness. Who among us doesn’t recognize the haunting call? As I …

Praise for the liberal media of old It was those left-leaning radical colonists who led us to the First Amendment of our Constitution. It emphatically tells Congress “that they shall make …

May is the month set aside to focus on our growing mental health crisis. But most of our time, we’ll be talking about how we can help ourselves by being a positive person. It was 1949, and …

Even though many states had their own official Mother’s Day, that day varied among those states. Therefore, on May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed throughout the United States the …

How often has your body be present with your partner, children, colleagues, or friends, but your mind was miles away? April is Stress Awareness Month, and it’s a concept that is complex …

We are boiling over egg’s prices making our purse’s cry, but spending time with family decorating them should be a colorful and egg-citing day. It’s a time when it is OK to put all …

Over the years, have you ever been flabbergasted by popular slang words? I dove into the history of slang after I devoured Desiree Bowie’s article “191 Slang Words by Decade: From …

My partner, Karen, recently told me, enthusiastically: “The Evergreen Fairgrounds is hosting the three-day Quilters Anonymous (QA) 43rd annual Quilt Show. Are you interested in …

A lot of what I have to say in this column comes from Katie Gaddini’s November 2024 article, “The Woman Whose Crusade Gave Today’s Book-Banning Moms a Blueprint.” …

All of you past and present U-Dub students, how often did you enter or pass by Cunningham Hall and wonder who the heck was Cunningham? With March being Women’s History, let’s talk about …

In my Feb. 21 column , I discussed why we need to revamp our criminal justice sentencing laws. I began to compare our 1960s and ’70s indeterminate sentencing structure with our current …

This and other follow-up articles will try to cover a complex topic. But it must be brought to the attention of all taxpayers and those who support justice. In 1972, when I proudly became a …

Since we are not in an anti-freedom state, I can share the following findings of the international resource and civic action group, More in Common: “A growing body of evidence shows that most …

It’s a misconception that men are not romantic. This can be addressed by asking: Is Cupid, the early Roman god of love, a male or female? Well, Cupid is the son of the goddess Venus. And upid …

Through our lives, by choice or by accident, our mentors have opened doors never on our to-do list. This was the case when a close friend asked if my wife, Karen, and I would like to join him …

Were you born under the Year of the Snake, as Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, Harrison Ford, Anne Frank, J.K. Rowling were? The Chinese Lunar New Year, aka Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is …

“The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom.” With that, John Adams might have been thinking about William Caxton. Did you know Jan. 16 marked Printing Ink Day? …