Pilchuck Books closes its Wetmore Avenue store Some people are people people. Others are TV people. I don't have any problem with either one, although I don't have a television set right now and sometimes other people bug me. What I am is a book person. [More] June 30 Air Force has to say what it wants in a tanker The decision by government investigators last week that the Air Force bungled the latest effort to secure a tanker contract provides columnists like me with a lot to write about. [More] June 23
How Everett's fishing history is kept alive History can be awfully boring, especially as it's taught in most school systems. Ditto for a lot of books. And the History channel isn't much better. [More] June 9 Hidden invoice means Everett man's out $195 Reader Dick Ptacek of Everett has come across a new way for mail-order businesses to make it difficult for people to get their money back. Call it the case of the hidden letter. [More] June 2 How 60 goats can improve parkland The Port of Everett, People For Puget Sound and 60 goats are forging an alliance that they hope will be good for everybody. [More] May 26 Banks still safe place, FDIC official says At a recent conference in Baltimore, I had a chance to meet Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the federal corporation in charge of making sure that people with money in the bank don't lose it. [More] May 19