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As Lord Acton said in 1887, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
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Jonathan Bill
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1/1/26
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Some of my favorite people are librarians. They spread joy, answer questions, solve problems, and if they don’t know an answer, they know how to find it.
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Carolyn Wiley
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1/1/26
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A telescope, coming rain, Esau’s mess of pottage, and a unicorn. Which one doesn’t belong? You were thinking unicorn, right? It’s imaginary. It has four legs.
But wait! A Key …
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Dan Clouse
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11/26/25
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My wife and I went out for a walk one cold and rainy night last week. Halloween was barely past, and Thanksgiving yet to come, but the neighborhood was already ramping up with …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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11/26/25
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There’s an earthy honesty in farming. The land demands presence — a connection to life that is palpable, close, and personal.
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Janice Bryant
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10/29/25
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A live band is banging out Dylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” — loud — as we wander into the large barn set up to welcome guests at the sprawling Kaukiki Farm. …
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José Alaniz
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10/29/25
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When a call for help goes out on the Key Peninsula at midnight, there might be only two deputies on duty to cover more than 140 square miles of the Peninsula. Two people to protect every home, every …
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Rich Folden
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10/29/25
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The Christian Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. I was eating lunch at Peninsula High School when I saw a TikTok video with the …
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Jonas Koller
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10/29/25
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I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a bit of AI fatigue these days.
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Thad Dickson
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10/29/25
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We shouldn’t need to suck out the life and passion that make our schools great.
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Jonas Koller
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10/1/25
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We are in a difficult moment in our nation and in the world, and the call to be peacemakers has never been more important
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Dan Whitmarsh
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10/1/25
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I was chair of the Kent Arts Commission in 1979 when the King County Arts Commission sponsored a symposium called “Earthworks: Land Reclamation as Sculpture.” It was organized by the KCAC …
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Carolyn Wiley
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10/1/25
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As an athlete, the relationship with your coach can make or break a season.
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John Browand
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8/27/25
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To have someone claim that the No Kings event in Key Center (July 14) shouldn’t be included in the KP News is quite arrogant and disingenuous. Over 400 locals showed up to protest against the …
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Phil DiGirolamo, Longbranch
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8/27/25
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I reported early one recent summer morning to a Tacoma hospital for an“all-of-a-sudden” surgery. I knew it was coming since I had been diagnosed with cancer months ago, but all of a …
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Ted Olinger
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8/27/25
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I would like to believe that resistance is not futile for free people.
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Richard Gelinas
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8/27/25
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And so it was, 250 years ago, that these fractious, rebellious colonies had the most outrageous stroke of luck in history, in the selection of just the right man, at just the right time.
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Jonathan Bill
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8/27/25
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I went to the library the other day to pick
up two books that I had on hold. When I
emerged, I was carrying six. This happens
regularly. My tendency to borrow (and also
buy) books …
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Anna Brones
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7/30/25
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It’s in our roots.
A bright orange tractor chugs through Key Center, piloted by a tired, dusty, third-generation farm kid. Will you yield and wave? The neighboring cows are out after the …
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Janice Bryant
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7/30/25
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Children love memorizing. It’s
delightful to watch a proud child singing
the alphabet or counting numbers. Not
to mention watching the parents and
grandparents thrill at the …
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Dan Clouse
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7/30/25
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