The English language is fraught with conundrums.

Same name, different meaning..

My kids give me gifts, often without even knowing it. This weekend I received a pair, or actually it was a pair of pairs.

Muddy messes..

My family goes through a few – okay more than a few – aluminum cans.

Crushing it..

The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners yesterday unanimously approved a resolution to require the county's public employee contract talks to be conducted transparently

Collective Bargaining Transparency..

Dear employer: Pick Seattle and you too can pay a per employee head tax

Dear Seattle Employer..

Find some way to help make all this pain a little better. Try to be a friend. Encourage and be helpful when and where possible.

America's Pain - Tomorrow You?..

2017-19 budget: “This deal is getting worse all the time”

2017-19 State Budget..

I really don't want to take my column space to write anything else about Kim Jong-un. There is so much going on in America and the world that I would rather write about.

Kim Jong-un, First Diplomacy, Then He Must Go ..

Hate speech doesn't work for any person or group in America. The result is always hurt. The shooting of Majority Whip Steve Scalise at a baseball practice is further proof.

Stop The Hate Speech and Fix Our Problems..

I pull the dandelions out of the garden, without consciousness or appreciation of their sunny yellow dispositions.

Pulling weeds..

I hope 2017 can be a good year for you. Whatever you can do to assist with the success of your year will be very helpful.

Look Forward to 2017..

It’s the ho-ho-holiday season and the big guy in red has some bad news about the state of affairs regarding Rudolph, Frosty and the rest of the North Pole crew.

Holiday maladies..

When I was sixteen years old I drove my old 64 Chevelle about 70 mph to school one morning and ended up over a steep bank which resulted in a two week hospital stay.

Extremely Careless Has Consequences, Usually...

Thousands are heading to Louisville, Kentucky this week to mourn the death and celebrate the life of Muhammad Ali.

Celebrating Muhammad Ali ..

We spent most of the weekend gardening, and I’ve come to an important conclusion.

Gardening with the boys..

I often meet discouraged people. Recently I talked to a man unemployed after seventeen years of stable 80,000 a year pay.

What Can Americans Do? Keep Trying!..

I’ve been contemplating character lately. Not as it pertains to Mickey or Donald. I’m referring to character – as in what you stand for as a human being.

Defining character..

Will Olympia take away Seahawks' advantage recruiting free agents?

Will Olympia take away Seahawks' advantage ..

The story of Easter is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Biblical story is about his crucifixion, burial and resurrection from the grave.

America Needs The Message of Easter ..

The Pope messed up. The media has reported that the Pope questioned Trump's Christianity because he wants to build a wall.

The Pope Messed Up, Bush Was Right..