Herald Forum

Forum: Finding acceptance, rather than shame in missing mark

When hopes for a personal goal fall short, we can choose guilt or accept the grace of learning from it.

 

Forum: Kept or not, making resolutions is a helpful process

The effort offers a chance to reflect on your time, your word, your attention and your connections.

 

Forum: ‘Stand-up Cult’ follows muffin tin liners, not one-liners

You can keep your air fryers; for kitchen aficionados, the ultimate customizable appliance is the mixer.

 

Forum: Set state DNR back on path to preserving resources

A recentering of needs must place more focus on the web of species that depend upon forest environments.

Forum: As Mukilteo diversifies, ts DEI panel works to value all

Its work, funded by a few thousand dollars, encourages conversations about an inclusive Mukilteo.

Forum: Veterans, others need alternatives in pain management

Opioid prescriptions can easily lead to addiction. Congress can encourage non-addictive options.

Forum: Changing Marysville school’s makeup would hurt students

Dropping sixth-grade students from 10th Street Middle School risks its success in academics and culture.

Forum: Club sports prompts dads’ debate on what’s healthy for kids

Parents are considering the trade-offs of club sports, who can play and how serious to take it all.

Forum: What are local governments getting from DEI efforts?

Businesses are scaling back diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Local governments should as well.

Forum: What to draw on in building a ‘cabinet’ of your own

Winter is an apt time to use darkness, disruption and decisions to evaluate and reassemble how things get done.

Forum: Giving thanks for response to food bank after storm

The community quickly answered the call when the bomb cyclone cut power to the Snohomish food bank.

Fred Mydske is been swimming in the Snohomish River for 36 weeks straight. He finds it good for his body and psyche.

Forum: Summer or winter, swim in Snohomish good for body, soul

Hoping to heal an injury, I began swimming in the river. Its cold is more noticeable in the summer.

Fred Mydske is been swimming in the Snohomish River for 36 weeks straight. He finds it good for his body and psyche.

Forum: In Empire of the Self, we get exactly what we deserve

That we only disagree as to whether that’s good or bad perfectly explains our problem.

Forum: Letting go of distractions key to our focus on success

It’s easy for our attention to be pulled in multiple directions. I started by putting aside perfection.

Forum: For a ‘horse girl,’ benefits go beyond time in saddle

The work of caring for horses, even shoveling manure, builds confidence, reduces stress and teaches much.

Forum: Marking VFW’s 125th, Everett post invites all to events

Post No. 1200 will observe Veterans Day this weekend with its Buddy Poppy Drive at three locations.

Forum: Why do some men still think they can decide for women?

No one knows the bodies and lives of women better than women themselves. Leave those decisions to us.

Forum: What’s a Republican to think of a once-Grand Old Party?

True conservative principles — and Christian beliefs — have been compromised by the MAGA conversion.

Forum: Was bias shown in Herald story regarding police pursuit?

In reporting a chase and wreck, was an aside about recent pursuits and fatalities relevant?

Forum: Annual awareness day focuses on little-known disorders

Peroxisomal disorders affect multiple organs. A foundation is aiding research to develop gene therapies.