Opinion
Forum: Criticism of Marysville’s growth plans ignored realities
Traffic is moving better and the city is complying with state mandates to provide sufficient housing.
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Forum: Choosing a path for Marysville’s future community
Strawberry fields weren’t forever. Marysville has grown and needs to take care with development.
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Forum: On The Wild Place trail memories come with each mile
Backpack journeys through woods to beach feature a changing troop but familiar and treasured experiences.
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Forum: The attributes shared by jazz and American culture
Jazz is stupid. So, perhaps, is our culture. But both also offer freeing and spontaneous conversations.
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Forum: Why pick up a penny when it’s only worth a thought?
A dusty penny finds purchase in thoughts of growing up poor, luck and kindness to the next person.
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Forum: County’s wetland mitigation project hides other losses
The Little Bear Creek project is a fig leaf that allows wetland destruction elsewhere in the county.
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Forum: Are fear of shame, pride what drive privacy obsession?
We are holding who we are — even our ailments — so closely it keeps us from health…
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Forum: Harm reduction offers better outcomes than prohibition
A committee’s proposal to provide a safe supply of drugs can limit overdoses and offer a path to…
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Forum: Don’t dismiss potential for controlled supply of drugs
Contrary to a columnist’s views, supplying drugs to those with addictions has led to better outcomes elsewhere.
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Forum: Book discussion explores police response to white supremacy
The forum, Sunday in Everett features former FBI agent Michael German and his book, ‘Policing White Supremacy.’
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Forum: ‘The vibrations hit you deep. You can feel it in your body.’
How the far-off cadence of a marching band’s drums caught a 10-year-old’s ear with the rhythm of the…
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Forum: Protecting, ensuring our freedoms in uncertain times
Independence means neither blind celebration nor helpless despair; it requires facing the work of democracy.
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Forum: World peace starts with not firing missiles at each other
If a kindergartner can grasp the inhumanity of violence against innocents, shouldn’t it be clear to us.
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Forum: Amid tumult and hard times, look for changes ahead
We have plenty of examples where difficult periods produced leaders and coalitions that improved things.
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Forum: Who’s responsible for meeting needs of those around us?
And who holds the mantle of a responsible public: the government or the people, themselves?
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Forum: Building WSU Everett as it grows our local workforce
Our region will need credential workers. Support for WSU Everett is key to meeting the needs of students.
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Forum: The arc of pride and mourning for a kid’s athletic dream
Disappointment when a child’s aspirations end allows finding acceptance and hope in new objectives.
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Forum: Everett’s land-use plan should keep affordable housing tool
Its comprehensive plan should keep inclusionary zoning, setting aside housing for working families.
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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.
Opinion
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?