Date archive: August 2016

M’s swoon, Dipoto makes a deal, and Myles Gaskin and the Huskies are ready to shine a bright light on football

  TERRY MOSHER   Whoops! We thought the Seattle Mariners a little over a week ago could with a little hot streak move into position to capture at least the second wild ...

Bigger health care is not always better, and throw out the bums and keep the Madman from destroying us

TERRY MOSHER   As if our health care system isn’t broke enough, now the Doctor’s Clinic is being swallowed by the giant CHI Franciscan Health and creating less options for less expensive ...

Kaepernick’s stand to not stand could have been handled differently

TERRY MOSHER     Colin Kaepernick refusal to stand for the national anthem is wrong. He’s an idiot to believe that this will reverse over a century of racism in this country. ...

The amount of hate in his election cycle targeted against Clinton is frightening

  TERRY MOSHER I believe the foundation of society is a four letter word – L-O-V-E. Look at it this way, if love was the dominating factor in our lives, would there ...

Heroic Kayla Mueller, the horrific way her life ended and the terrible rise of Trump

TERRY MOSHER     KAYLA MUELLER We have to be living in the worst times in our history. How else to explain the terrible – horrific – things that are done by ...

A long search for great, great grandmother ended in an old Pennsylvania county grave site.

RAY MOSHER   By Terry Mosher This was taken in August of 2015 when my oldest brother finally was able to find the grave for our great, great grandmother, Charlotte Mosher Beaty in ...

It’s a mad, mad world, which Todd Mosher was discovering during a class at Bremerton High School

This is how our No. 2 son — Todd Mosher — spent his important class time at Bremerton High School in 1979. It’s a mad, mad world today with another election coming ...

Back in the Boneyard to examine Seahawks, Dak Prescott and other swirling things

TERRY MOSHER   DAK PRESCOTT   Okay, I know it’s cooled off today (Saturday, August 27), but my mind is still hot with many thoughts swirling about with many of them of ...

Ever wonder why Trump, the most dangerous man in American political history, will not release his taxes?

TERRY MOSHER     Donald Trump has no moral scruples. None. Nada. This man with the fake golden hair is all about himself. Nobody compares to him. He is supreme – the ...

There is nothing better than to be out on the back 40

EARL SANDE By Earl Sande   My dad and mom bought their first 40 acres in 1960 near Tahuya for $1600. Forty bucks an acre was the going price for raw land back ...

In the Boneyard with life, Lochte, Seahawks, Mariners, golf and going 140 mph up the Kickerville

TERRY MOSHER       It’s back to the Boneyard today to unload thoughts that ware hammering away at my brain, such as it is. Man, it’s been hot around here. We ...

Trump The Terrible Part 1

    The Troubled Times of Terrible Trump Donald Trump has a history of misogyny. But there’s even more terrible news about him. He has had a federal lawsuit filed against him ...

Will the 2016 Mariners repeat the drama of the 1995 Mariners?

TERRY MOSHER The 2016 Seattle Mariners are beginning to act a lot like the “Refuse To Lose” 1995 Seattle Mariners. You remember the 1995 M’s. They were 13.5 games behind the Angels ...

Why can’t some see the real danger that Trump poses?

TERRY MOSHER It bothers me to no end that some people can’t see the dangers that Donald Trump poses to our country. That includes some nephews and nieces of mine who cloud ...

Death of Ness and Quisenberry bring back memories of life’s hurts

  TERRY MOSHER   The death’s recently of so many people – John Quisenberry, Ron Ness and others – got me down and got me to thinking again of my dark years ...

Back in the Boneyard where I see King is the queen of swimming and moral truth

TERRY MOSHER   LILLY KING It’s about time again to visit the Boneyard to unload those swirling thoughts that cramp up by brain. It’s difficult to digest too many thoughts, so I ...

Even confronted with the truth, Trump can’t help himself and continues to lie

TERRY MOSHER   It is amazing that Donald Trump continues to lie even in the face of evidence that it’s a lie. He continues to say that he saw a video of ...

The crazy stuff continues on with the Looney Tune (Donald Trump)

TERRY MOSHER     I don’t want to pile on.  Okay, I really do. Donald Trump is insane. He’s nuts. Crazy. Never in the history of this great country – and it ...

Flame-throwing Edwin Diaz will now close for the Mariners

TERRY MOSHER   EDWIN DIAZ   For a reason I can’t really explain well, I have never liked Steve Cishek as the closer for the Seattle Mariners. Maybe I thought his pitches, ...

In the greatest country, Joe Maddon pulls off some of the greatest baseball moves

TERRY MOSHER JOE MADDON   You got to love America, especially baseball in America. And you got to love Joe Maddon, the try-anything-manager with the funky glasses for the Chicago Cubs who ...