Herald Forum

Forum: What an office manager learned after 30 years in school

Allen Creek Elementary’s office manager reflects on aha moments, co-workers, school funding and the kids.

Sports Dad: For some kids, trial runs help find right sport

Every activity has its drawbacks, like playing in the rain or scratchy uniforms. But then there’s riding horses.

Forum: If Everett were an employee, would it get a 44% raise?

If Everett voters are the employers in the Aug. 6 election, this request for a raise won’t fly with many.

Forum: National debt risks leaving financial mess to children

Every 100 days we add another $1 trillion to the national debt; that’s unsustainable and dangerous.

Forum: As goes Boeing, so goes state funding for schools

Boeing tried to update the 737 on the cheap. The state has done the same in funding schools.

Forum: How we employ hope in our work toward what we hope for

When reaching goals takes time, do we use hope to sustain us or to redefine what we sought in the first place?

Amtrak Cascades train 517 from Vancouver to Portland arrives at Everett Station Thursday, March 9, 2023, in downtown Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Forum: Taking the train must be made better travel alternative

State officials need to make the Amtrak Cascades route faster, increasing its value as an option to I-5.

Amtrak Cascades train 517 from Vancouver to Portland arrives at Everett Station Thursday, March 9, 2023, in downtown Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Forum: A come-backer line drive no match for the Comeback Kid

There’s no scarier moment for a parent than to see your child injured, except for the thoughts that follow.

Forum: You get one shot at ‘first reaction’ to a song; enjoy it

As good as music was in the ’70s, and as much as I listen again and again, it can’t match your first time.

Sauk-Suiattle Chief Jim Brown, a young granddaughter, and daughter Ellen near Packwood, Wash., circa 1910. (Photo courtesy of Kara Briggs)

Forum: Setting record straight on Sauk-Suiattle chief’s daughter

A recent Herald article misstated a dowry paid for my great-grandmother as her being sold into slavery.

Sauk-Suiattle Chief Jim Brown, a young granddaughter, and daughter Ellen near Packwood, Wash., circa 1910. (Photo courtesy of Kara Briggs)

Forum: Energy efficiency needs emphasis from utilities, agencies

Snohomish PUD has been a leader in energy conservation, but more work is needed as electricity demand grows.

Ron Friesen

Forum: Consumers have power to direct a moral capitalism

Capitalism works best when it recognizes its responsibilities. That’s where our money should go.

Ron Friesen
Dan Hazen

Forum: Growing potatoes proves value in ‘reinventing the wheel’

You can get ‘em cheaper and easier at the store, sure, but then you miss out on spuds’ real perks.

Dan Hazen

Forum: Supreme Court shouldn’t allow punishment for homelessness

Regardless of the outcome, communities should seek out solutions, not penalties, for homelessness.

Forum: Question for Trump supporters; where lie your loyalties?

Those who would vote for a would-be dictator need to consider their bond to their nation’s ideals.

Forum: What if Dumbledore supervised Boeing’s production line?

The professor’s advice to Harry Potter was to chose right over easy and quick. Is that what Boeing missed?

Forum: In praise of student athletes’ character on, off field

Sure, Snohomish High’s football team are ‘big, stinky kids,’ but they have kind, accepting hearts.

Cory Armstrong-Hoss

Sports Dad: Young athlete’s progress measured in seconds shaved

It can take a long time, many meets and discipline for a swimmer to trim seconds off his finish time.

Cory Armstrong-Hoss
Matthew Leger

Forum: Critic worried about bike trails in an suburban forest?

Rather than criticize Japanese Gulch’s mountain bikers, view them as a promoters of forest enjoyment.

Matthew Leger

Forum: Waking yard from winter slumber a wheelbarrow at a time

After days of work, it’s a delight to revel in your spring sprucing. Until a certain visitor happens by.