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A digital illustration shows a black-and-white pencil drawing of the face of an older woman. Some areas of her face are warped and look like ghostly, swirling mist.Surrounding the older woman are various young people who, as they party, exercise, orsocialize, look at her with demeaning and dismissive expressions. Gray static expandsout from behind the woman’s head and fades into a bright yellow background where the younger people are. Covid-19 virus particles cover the image like polka dots.
Guest Columnist

Do we simply not care about old people?

The ageism that surfaced during the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t abated
Feb. 21, 2024 10:55 a.m.
Supervisor Kelly Cabage, right, and other workers and supporters strike outside the Starbucks with bright red and white signs as they chant for rights.
Guest Commentaries

Mr. Cranky looks back — but not very far

Most of 2023 is probably best forgotten
Dec. 15, 2023 5:00 a.m.
A group of colorful tents sit near a lakeshore in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as the sky is covered in dark gray clouds.
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It’s time to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The fight for full preservation is not over
Sept. 24, 2023 5:00 a.m.
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Expanded aphorisms and pumped-up proverbs

Mr. Cranky's Almanac
Aug. 28, 2023 5:00 a.m.
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‘Dear Mr. Cranky…’

Digging into the civic mail bag
May 10, 2023 5:05 a.m.
Guest Commentaries

60 years later, landmark Gideon case still guides right to counsel

Whatcom justice demands modern public defense, right-sized jail
March 17, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Rents went up an average of 70% in Whatcom County between 2015 and 2021
Guest Columnist

Skyrocketing rents turn into ‘economic evictions’

State rent stabilization bills need support
Feb. 24, 2023 5:00 a.m.
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Let’s restore law enforcement’s ability to pursue suspects

'Reasonable suspicion' trumps 'probable cause'
Jan. 27, 2023 10:53 a.m.
Guest Commentaries

WA lawmakers try, once again, to slam doors on transparency

'Legislative privilege' is latest dodge around Public Records Act
Jan. 18, 2023 4:55 a.m.
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Mr. Cranky has seen 2022; he was not impressed

Lapsing into 'full-bore Madame Defarge mode'
Dec. 28, 2022 5:10 a.m.
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The good, the bad and the completely ridiculous

Mr. Cranky’s election elucidations
Oct. 26, 2022 5:00 a.m.

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