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Juan Peralez: Domestic terror threat remains; let’s confront it
Out state isn’t immune to threats of violence from extremist groups. Work must begin to oppose them.
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Vildan Kirby: Let’s return to grace we showed others after 9/11
A Turkish immigrant, who volunteered at Ground Zero, found appreciation for her new home by serving.
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Chuck Wright: Healing on both ends of 9/11 therapy sessions
As a counsler, I talked with victims at the Pentagon, but I also talked with a fellow counselor.
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Dan Hazen: What’s on your list of your city’s best attractions?
Recent additions to Marysville give a boost to pride and instill a desire to look what we have.
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Jean Hernandez: Hall great benefit to STEM, nursing students
Generous donations have made Edmonds College’s Hazel Mill Hall a foundation for education.
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Dan Templeman: Drug possession law will take some adjustment
The new law can effectively address addiction, but the public will notice a change in procedure.
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Ival Salyer: Take it from a Polio Pioneer, vaccines save lives
The polio vaccine protected millions of kids. Adults need to take the covid vaccine to protect kids.
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Zsofia Pasztor: Our leaders can reflect community’s diversity
We have a county of increasing cultural diversity. Slowly our leadership is reflecting that.
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Kathy Coffey: ‘Resilience’ is good; is ‘regenerative’ better?
How we talk about our response to challenges, such as covid, can influence the scope of outcomes.
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Lisa LaPlante: Your self-care needs a philosophy of care
Doctors approach patient care with a lot of thought; how you care for yourself deserves focus, too.
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Andy Braca: Can we call a ceasefire to verbal gun battles?
If we’re going to solve a problem like gun violence each side must ease its entrenched positions.
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Nehring: If adults don’t always, youths know need for civility
Discussions with students showed they understand the duty to ‘take the high road’ in public discourse.
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Armstrong-Hoss: Prescription painkillers’ grip tough to break
With my family’s love and a doctor’s help I was able to break my dependence and regain my…
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Dan Hazen: What we got wrong about ‘first responders’
We’ve allowed police and others to be defined by our emergencies, the things we’ve allowed to fail.
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Ken White: Crtical Race Theory isn’t being taught in schools
It should. It could give students a better grasp of the role that race has played in U.S.…
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Cydney Gillis: Land mine tripped in covid’s office battlefield
An office policy that allowed those vaccinated to remove masks intensified the pandemic’s politics.
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Ken White: Analogies are useful tools but they can be misused
Comparing mask mandates and vaccine rules to the oppression of the Holocaust is pure propaganda.
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Paul Roberts: For some, masks and restrictions must remain
Those with compromised immune systems and caregivers remain in harm’s way. They still need our help.
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Ed Petersen: Everett Station could be vibrant community hub
A report envisions the district as a mixed-use neighborhood of residences, commerce and transit.
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Jon Nehring: ‘Hidden Life’ shows power of quiet defiance
The film, about an Austrian farmer during World War II, celebrates the power of ‘unhistoric acts.’