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Helen Burke

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Supporting teens as they explore their gender identity

You may have experienced a variation of this scenario: You are finally getting to bed after a long…

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Ad signs that look like traffic signs are illegal

Q: I was on a state highway and saw what I thought was a stop sign posted on…

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Medicine price controls: Rooster guarding hen house

Though policymakers are seldom willing to admit it, some ideas are so dumb they should only be mentioned…

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Like COVID, inflation making us decide on staycations

Are you tired of financing a tank of gas? Are you afraid your armpits might burst into flames…

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Happy marriage? Don’t sweat the small stuff, like misplacing keys, and … and…

The woman who is my wife and I celebrated our 29th-anniversary last weekend. We celebrated by spending a…

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We should all be glad Trump was indicted

There are probably many Americans who thought this day would never come. More than a few people, myself…

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Quiet e-cars hit pedestrians, but big vehicles kill them

Q: Do electric cars have a sound added to them? I heard one drive past me the other…

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These unused ideas for columns full of ‘sarcasm,’ ‘doppler effect’

It’s out with the old and in with the new around my home office this week, time to…

Joe McMillan

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Race equity in 14th Amendment means for all

At its June meeting, the Bainbridge Island Race Equity Advisory Committee discussed possible content for a future Equity/Diversity…

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Don’t support organizations that don’t ‘Tell the truth’

My mentor Billy Frank Jr. always said that it’s going to take all of us working together to…

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Kids today being robbed of their childhoods

I dream of re-creating some of the epic bike hikes I enjoyed as a kid back in the…

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Despite retractions, ‘racist’ remarks from lawmakers can’t be unheard

Despite the Republican Party’s claims it wants to increase its appeal with non-white voters, it often seems to…

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Hunter admitted crimes; now it’s Trump’s turn

I get why the Republicans are so obsessed with Hunter Biden. They don’t do anything else.