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Robert Whale
Opinion
Gaslighting, selfishness and other sinister things | Whale’s Tales
I would prefer — as I expect most of you would, too — that the course of human…
February 6, 2026
Opinion
Time for us to take another look at Lincoln’s playbook | Whale’s Tales
Hatred of Americans by Americans.
January 23, 2026
Opinion
When old age and cancer treatments collide | Whale’s Tales
I was walking along a hall at the weekly newspaper that first employed me one afternoon when I…
September 5, 2025
Opinion
The impact and residue of wounding words | Whale’s Tales
My father, Maurice George Whale, was a man of many words.
August 8, 2025
Opinion
Protect values and freedoms that make this country great | Whale’s Tales
Letting the essential pillars of our democracy fall doesn’t make a lick of sense to me.
June 27, 2025
Opinion
A look at the fool’s potential radius of destruction | Whale’s Tales
Ever since it invented the skid steer loader in 1960, the Bobcat Company claims on its website, it…
May 9, 2025
Opinion
Looking through the rear-view mirror in my mind | Whale’s Tales
Road trips through the heart of Eastern Washington’s one-horse towns are among the most treasured memories of my…
May 3, 2025
Opinion
A serious bone to pick with the powers that be | Whale’s Tales
Questioning methods, as I see it, has nothing to do with politics or personal animosities.
April 25, 2025
Opinion
A little political lesson from Wile E. Coyote | Whale’s Tales
In a series of rules that Wile E. Coyote’s creator, Chuck Jones, laid down in 1948 to guide…
March 14, 2025
Opinion
The benefits of taking a good look at yourself | Whale’s Tales
None of us looking at what’s happening in the world sees things exactly as the next guy does.
February 21, 2025
Opinion
Confessions of a klutz: Was I cursed from the cradle? | Whale’s Tales
For most of my life, that’s how I felt about myself.
January 17, 2025
Opinion
History has always been about human beings | Whale’s Tales
Years ago, the late journalist Harry Reasoner said this on a CBS historical documentary: “The past is like…
December 27, 2024
Opinion
Strange tales from life at University of Washington | Whale’s Tales
I have many treasured memories from my four years at the University of Washington, and to this day,…
December 13, 2024
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