Opinions

Bellevue College’s Sustainability Department partnered with the Environmental Priorities Coalition to host the 2013 Legislative Workshop that took place Jan. 12 on campus. Thanks to the locational donation by the […]

While it is generally true that the US-led coalition force in Afghanistan dealt a powerful blow against Al Qaeda, the transnational Islamic terrorist organization is far from dead.  In the […]

The Environmental Working Group, a non-partisan research organization, released their findings from their study and analysis of umbilical cord blood of American babies. They found close to 300 chemicals, including […]

Any of you out there who commute to school every day, listen up; the state of Washington would very much like to add yet another toll to one of their […]

The casual phrase “it’s that time of year again,” betrays something of a cultural dismissal of the seriousness of the flu virus in the United States; ‘oh, it’s just the […]

The Oslofjord inlet of Tofte, Norway is currently home to not much more than a waterfront cellulose factory. Atop that coast also lies our world’s first osmotic energy plant which […]

It’s true that most of us gorge on tons of hors d’oeuvres, decadent roasts, seasonal vegetables and grandiose desserts when the winter holidays roll around, but what effect does giving […]

Martin Luther King Day is fast approaching. It is a day celebrated for the man – Martin Luther King, Jr. – who passively fought for the rights of African Americans […]

Coming to school after a long and hopefully relaxing Christmas Break, talking about politics, law and freedom may seem to be kind of an agonizing prospect; perhaps not unlike being […]

In The Seattle Times and on Twitter; on CNN and on the lips of that news-obsessed friends always talking about politics, just about everyone seems to be obsessing over it.  […]

In the United States, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Day are amongst the biggest holidays and traditions celebrated. Seems to me the US celebrates most of its […]

British Petroleum, the British cyclopean oil corporation that held its eye open for nothing but cash and oil, pleaded guilty on Nov. 15 to 14 felony counts tied to the […]

We all know how much tuition has gone up in recent years.  Even between fall and winter quarter of this school year, tuition has jumped a few hundred dollars for […]

Most people have heard of the “Polar Bear Plunge” – a freezing dip into lake and ocean waters that chills you to the bone… and perhaps other, more sensitive parts […]

There are many conflicts going on right now. In Syria, at least 40,000 people have been killed in a bloody civil war.  In Gaza, a tenuous peace has only just […]

Coffee beans are largely harvested and distributed commodity crop exchanges. The two most commonly grown and commutated coffee beans around the world are the Arabica and Robusta species. Arabica beans […]

In his novel “A Dance with Dragons,” George R. R. Martin says, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” Reading […]

While reading about the ongoing and escalating conflict in Gaza, I was reminded briefly of an old German advertisement skit in which two couples are walking towards each other in […]

In Germany, it was the mysterious visage of imagined ancient Nordic supremacy, a chiseled face both beautiful and determined, intricate and hard.  In Japan, it was the compelling vision of […]