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It’s hard to know how to feel about elections nowadays
“I’m a liberal on some issues and conservative on others. For example, I would not burn a flag,…
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I almost died, but barely suffered a scratch, on bike jump
Editor’s note: This column is an except from Tom Purcell’s book, “Misadventures of a 1970s Childhood.”
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Oh dung! I’m not smart as a fox dealing with moles
In 1996 I wrote about my personal struggles with a particularly wily and voracious strain of moles that…
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DUIs can include motorized beer cooler and barstool, La-Z-Boy, horse and golf carts
Q: Can you get a DUI while driving a riding lawnmower on the road?
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Use the Insole Test to ensure proper shoe fit
If you have ever been fitted for shoes, you are probably familiar with a Brannock Device. It’s a…
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Same road, different speed limit?
Q: I am confused as to why the speed limit signs going into and leaving town are often…
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More laughter needed, less angst as I approach 70 years old
It was a big weekend for us last week. On Sunday our younger grandson Jack was baptized at…
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Rules and guidelines for passing a transit bus
Q: I was on a two-lane road, stopped behind a transit bus at a bus stop that was…
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Don’t ask me what I do for a living
Don’t you hate it when you’re at a dinner party and you get to talking with someone you…
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Presidential candidates: Ex-Prosecutor vs. Felon
The presidential race has just received a historic reboot, thanks to Joe Biden’s selfless decision to stand down…
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As population grows, drivers need to become more patient
Q: Here’s the scenario: I’m on a multi-lane arterial intending to take a left turn three blocks ahead.…
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We’re at a crossroads following Trump assassination attempt
The political world was shaken recently by the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
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Restoring balance to America’s regulations
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce looked at the cost of regulations in America and found that excessive protocols…
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Too many have a need for speed on our roads
Q: I recently drove from Blaine to Kelso and back on a weekend. Other than downtown Seattle, the…
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Military leaders who knew wars’ horrors fought for peace
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft…
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Going for broke during trip to New England
This summer, my wife and I took a vacation with our three semi-grown daughters to one of the…
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Politics, squirrels, fungus killing our way of life
I’m not one to give much credence to those who prophesize the end of the world, as entertaining…
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Selected route for north STO Trail not really preferred
I want to set the record straight on on the North Sound to Olympic’s so-called preferred route from…
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Too often treatment cart put before diagnostic horse
Last month, I was fortunate to be a vendor at the Kitsap Fest event at the Silverdale waterfront.…