Story & Video – Joseph Boyle Even those who know me well are not aware that in the early 1960s an undergraduate future psychologist tested and measured my young college student brain. It was determined that I had a rare highly evolved scientific brain, much like that of Albert Einstein (b. 1879 d. 1955) or Nicolaus […]
To Ponder
Westside Story – Where he is, is where I was
Story – Joseph Boyle, Photo – Hayley Austin Just this past January 31, 2013, I attended a Law Enforcement Academy Officer Graduation at Washington State Criminal Justice Academy in Burien, Washington. The ceremony was meaningful to me for two reasons. Reason Number 1 – OUT WITH THE OLD: I have been blessed with a law enforcement career, which […]
Westside Story – Chevron News Assault
Story & Video – Joseph Boyle Yesterday I pulled into the Chevron gas station at 108th St SW and Bridgeport Way SW for the mundane, but necessary purpose of filling my gas tank. We used to call them Chevron Service Stations, because they actually provided service. Back in 1959 I started buying gas when we […]
Westside Story – Education & Robots
Story & Video – Joseph Boyle Recently in the course of my job, I interviewed a 15-year-old kid. I asked him how he was doing in school. He said, “Fine.” I had spoken to his school counselor, so I knew better. I asked a follow-up question. “Are you getting straight A’s?” His head hung down […]
Letter: Why We Argue
By David Anderson “Nothing tells us more about people than the opinions they hold and their reasons for holding them.” We were crossing Death Valley and you just simply cannot do that without stopping somewhere along the trail, enticing all your little family to exit the air-conditioned van leaving their water bottles behind and belly-up […]
Letter: Let’s Party
By David Anderson Why is Trudi Inslee, First Lady of Washington State, appearing on stage with – for lack of a more discreet term – ladies of the night? Trudi Inslee, wife of Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, will join Miss Indigo Blue, Head Mistress of Academy of Burlesque and Reigning Queen of Burlesque 2012; and Inga […]
Letter: Somebody’s Watching Me
By David Anderson “Somebody’s Watching Me” should be the ringtone for every person elected, appointed, delegated, nominated, or even thinking about being in a position to spend other people’s money or represent others in any fashion. They can get it here. The United States Postal Service (USPS) can’t make their appointed rounds – Saturday delivery isn’t cost-effective – […]
Westside Story – Family Tree Madness
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Warning, to avoid becoming confused, do not try to read this article unless you are well-rested and able to concentrate on the printed word. If you have been drinking alcohol or smoking some of that new fangled legal weed, it is recommended that you not try to read this article. […]
Letter: ‘If Wilberforce had given the State of the Union address’
By David Anderson A few days from now we will celebrate a momentous historical event. At 4 A.M. on February 24, 1807, England’s House of Commons, by an overwhelming majority of 283 to 16, abolished the slave trade. They rose to their feet, turned to fellow legislator William Wilberforce, and began to cheer while Wilberforce bowed […]