By David Anderson Shivering against the cold in the dank cell – “the draught blows through the only little slit which they call a window” – the huddled, greying old man rocks back and forth, back and forth, on a stone slab that should have more resembled a throne.
Letter: Halloween Trickery – It’s Not Just for Kids
By David Anderson When someone embarks on an attempt to do something that has no chance of success he is said to be ‘on a fool’s errand.’ When a miner discovers pyrite – shining and glowing in its dull yellow hue – and thinks himself rich, he is shamed to learn that it’s nothing more […]
Letter: Common Core Conundrum – “a head-scratcher”
By David Anderson This week CBN.com ran an article entitled “Parents Protest National Common Core Standards.” I posted a comment. It was removed.
Letter: Out of Order
By David Anderson ‘Out of Order’ – a sticky note on our country’s tombstone. “‘Out of Order,’ per the website, “is the game in which players race to puzzle out words, phrases, and quotations that have been jumbled beyond recognition.”
Letter: An Open Letter to Lakewood’s Legal Department
By David Anderson Now that the investigation has found Lakewood Police justified in the shooting death of a man with a toy gun, would it not be reasonable to consider including in Lakewood’s Use of Force Policy the following two statements that are currently missing: One that “communicates both to the community and to police officers […]
Letter: “Penetrating Questions”
By David Anderson Now that John Simpson has been endorsed (again) by the Tacoma News Tribune for Lakewood City Council, and in light of their reasons why, seven “penetrating questions.”
Letter: Don’t Ask
By David Anderson Be sure to gamble a bit and support your community while attending the City Council candidate forum at the Great American Casino hosted by the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, October 3, 11:30 am-1 pm. To “share their visions for their respective cities,” will be contenders from both Lakewood and University Place – citizens like yourself […]
Letter: If It Matters, It Can Be Made
By David Anderson My claim to fame is being the brother of Alan Anderson, coach of the Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Race Team. Our father had a saying – actually never verbalized, just the way he lived his life. It was “if it matters, it can be made.”
Letter: Do you have what it takes?
By David Anderson Paronomasia is my word for today. It comes from an ancient proverb of which one observer wrote, “If you fail, and succumb to anxiety or danger, instead of rising to meet the emergency, then you are but a weakling or a coward, and the strength which you seemed to possess and of which you […]