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    Opinion
    Jackolope experts, surprisingly, don’t get rich
    Jackolope experts, surprisingly, don’t get rich
    By Tom Tyner • September 13, 2024 1:30 am

    You wouldn’t know it to look at me, but I am one of Bainbridge Island’s foremost authorities on Jackalopes. I…

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    Walking toward traffic is not only safer – it’s the law
    Walking toward traffic is not only safer –...
    By Doug Dahl • September 13, 2024 1:30 am

    Q: Why don’t the police ticket pedestrians walking on the right side of the road with their back to traffic,…

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    Pull over for emergency vehicles except with median
    Pull over for emergency vehicles except with median
    By Doug Dahl • September 6, 2024 1:30 am

    Q: Do the cars on my side of the road need to pull over when an emergency vehicle is approaching…

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    What if child refuses to go to school?
    By Courtney Oliver • September 6, 2024 1:30 am

    The start of a new school year often brings excitement, with children eager to meet new teachers, make friends and…

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    Upthegrove up a tree on forest management
    Upthegrove up a tree on forest management
    By Don C. Brunell • September 6, 2024 1:30 am

    Most down-ballot elections draw little attention, but not this year when it comes to Washington’s Public Lands commissioner.

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    Lots of theories on why Friday the 13th is so bad
    Lots of theories on why Friday the 13th...
    By Tom Tyner • September 6, 2024 1:30 am

    Friday, October 12, 2007: All this week I‘ve been thinking that today was going to be the 13th of October….

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    Reckless driving requires intent, not just speeding
    Reckless driving requires intent, not just speeding
    By Doug Dahl • August 30, 2024 1:30 am

    Q: At what point does speeding go from an infraction to a crime? 20 over? 30 over? Double the posted…

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    Be a leader, stop whining and pouting Harris
    By Christine Flowers • August 30, 2024 1:30 am

    A few years ago, when the U.S. Senate was considering the nomination of Jeff Sessions as attorney general under President…

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    Trump is mentally unhinged, only getting worse with...
    By Steven Powell • August 30, 2024 1:30 am

    Former President Trump’s campaign is in a fierce tailspin as his failed attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris haven’t been…

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    Keep it simple stupid is inaccurate because it’s...
    By Alexandra Paskhaver • August 30, 2024 1:30 am

    Simplicity, simplicity. If I was really practicing it, I would have said it once. I’ve been trying to cut down…

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    Like Biden, Trump needs to quit going off-script
    By Michael Reagan • August 30, 2024 1:30 am

    For Democrats this historic election is about one issue – Trump. Whoever wins the White House, it won’t be because…

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    Get the point: From Nixon to Harris, price...
    By Tom Purcell • August 30, 2024 1:30 am

    Why do some politicians and bureaucrats constantly forget that when governments meddle in our mostly free market that bad things…

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    Don’t let government tell us we have to...
    By Tom Purcell • August 23, 2024 1:30 am

    Sen. Bernie Sanders has sponsored a bill to mandate paid vacations for all employees. Like so many of his proposals,…

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    Some make fun, but Harris is a serious...
    By Elwood Watson • August 23, 2024 1:30 am

    One would be hard-pressed to think of a vice president in recent memory placed under as much of a political…

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    Dems don’t remember, ‘What goes around comes around’
    By Michael Reagan • August 23, 2024 1:30 am

    Our lame duck President Biden recently came out of hiding and called for some major changes in how the U.S….

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    You can only go around an obstruction in a no-passing zone
    You can only go around an obstruction in...
    By Doug Dahl • August 23, 2024 1:30 am

    Q: This time of year there are a lot of tractors driving on roads near farms. Is it legal to…

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    It’s hard to know how to feel about elections nowadays
    It’s hard to know how to feel about...
    By Tom Tyner • August 23, 2024 1:30 am

    “I’m a liberal on some issues and conservative on others. For example, I would not burn a flag, but neither…

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    I almost died, but barely suffered a scratch,...
    By Tom Purcell • August 16, 2024 1:30 am

    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
    Oh dung! I’m not smart as a fox...
    By Tom Tyner • August 16, 2024 1:30 am

    In 1996 I wrote about my personal struggles with a particularly wily and voracious strain of moles that had taken…

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    DUIs can include motorized beer cooler and barstool, La-Z-Boy, horse and golf carts
    DUIs can include motorized beer cooler and barstool,...
    By Doug Dahl • August 9, 2024 1:30 am

    Q: Can you get a DUI while driving a riding lawnmower on the road?

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