Herald Forum

Forum: Advice to young adults, focus on your best ‘person’

Past generations focused on the character aspects of gender roles, but something more basic is necessary.

 

Forum: Everett’s land-use plan should keep affordable housing tool

Its comprehensive plan should keep inclusionary zoning, setting aside housing for working families.

 

Forum: Nonprofits and communities face an existential crisis

When missions, and not just methods, are questioned, how do groups reweave to remain vital and valued?

 

Forum: New stadium a civic project that can deliver on its vision

Along with keeping the AquaSox in town, it offers a wealth of broader public benefits for Everett.

Forum: Pope Leo’s election a welcome reminder to protect workers

His choice of Leo XIII as his namesake is important for his attitudes toward dignity, justice and labor.

Forum: Holding on to hope even as the images fade from view

Like fleeting after-images on our retinas, how do we cope with the longer-felt losses all around us?

Forum: The magic created behind branches of weeping mulberry tree

The mature trees offer a ‘Secret Garden’-like room favored by children, one I hope to return to someday.

For its Day of Service, Everett’s VFW Post 2100 delivered subs — Heroes for Heroes — to first responders in the city.

Forum: Everett VFW post delivers ‘Heroes for Heroes’ for Day of Service

Honoring the city’s first responders, hero sandwiches were delivered to fire, police and 911 facilities.

For its Day of Service, Everett’s VFW Post 2100 delivered subs — Heroes for Heroes — to first responders in the city.

Forum: Permit-to-purchase firearm law in state would save lives

Requiring a permit to purchase will help keep guns in responsible hands and reduce suicides and homicides.

Forum: Whether iron or clay, father and son carry that weight

Son’s interest in weight training rekindles father’s memories of a mentor’s high school ‘blacksmith shop.’

Forum: A declaration that dependence can draw us to connections

We value independence, but forget that a simple request for help reminds us that people need people.

Forum: Trump cuts to museum funding hit Imagine Children’s

The defunding of a museum and library program means the loss of a science lab for preschoolers.

Forum: We strive for Belonging, then keep it to ourselves

From childhood we treat Belonging as something to be jealously guarded. What if others belong, too?

Forum: Once again, our nation must call on its ‘better angels’

Our nation isn’t perfect. Our efforts to address wrongs go slowly. But we keep pursuing a more perfect union.

Forum: Sizing up soccer match opponents with the boys on the bus

An account from 25 years ago of a high school soccer team’s banter on the journey before and after a match.

Forum: Don’t wait for the winds to change; brave the winds better

Our communities and nation need good people in leadership. Find a place for yourself in the process.

Forum: They just don’t make wise old elders like they use to

Used to be you could count on elders for quiet perspective and calm. We need that grace under pressure.

Forum: Emerging Leaders marks 10 years of honoring pathfinders

The awards recognize those under 40 primed to lead their communities to embrace change and growth.

Forum: Celebrate with Everett VFW as organization’s year wraps

Its Spring Fling is set for April 5 with the post again in the running for VFW’s All-American Award.

Forum: Washington students’ math scores don’t add up to success

How can the state be fifth in spending in the U.S. but have so many students struggling in tests?