When you own stocks, you know their prices will fluctuate. To ease the effects of this volatility on your portfolio, you could add other types of investments, such as bonds. Yet bond prices will also rise and fall. But there may be — in fact, there should be — a big difference in how you view the ups and downs of stocks versus bonds.
Public school is a failure! These new Charter schools are all about choice.
The pages of the Reporter are filled with the changes in the Kirkland community. Residents have become like family to many of us at the paper, letting us into your homes and sharing your stories with us. We have recently experienced some life-changing events of our own that we would like to share with the community.
While the cause of excessive anxiety in kids is uncertain, research suggests there may be a genetic component. Scientists have found that a particular genetic variation related to introverted personalities also involves the processing of fear and anxiety. Does this mean that anxious parents will have anxious children? It may, but not always.
As we reported in our story about the Heathman Hotel’s re-opening next week, there will also be one significant change unrelated to the hotel’s renovation.
This separation thing isn’t working – we need a full-blown divorce!
A recent report by The Partnership at Drugfree.org brings to light a concerning trend among our kids — the increased use and acceptance of marijuana.
If you have not received yours yet, ballots for the Aug. 7 primary were mailed this week.
You sure you’re pointing that thing in the right direction??
Participating in a Rotary international project is enlightening and gives you a fantastic perspective on the scope of Rotary and its tremendous impact on the world.
When garbage day rolls around and you have a million other things on your mind, how do you motivate your child to lend a hand and take out the trash?
Looks like we’re finally living in a totally colorblind society.
Can anything parallel our state’s treatment of migrant farm workers?
Thumbs up to the City of Kirkland for hosting the free Summer Feeding Program for the first time this summer. It will help feed many Kirkland kids who otherwise may not have access to full meals.
Teacher versus inmate: What’s wrong with this picture?
The four high schools in Kirkland held graduation ceremonies for a combined 688 seniors during the past two weeks.
This week our staff of two worked on a difficult story that is important to the Kirkland community. It was also a story about community members behaving badly.
Unforeseen consequences of liquor prices | Cartoon
Enough with the halftime show … you’re holding up the real ballgame!
I have always been a true Seattle sports fan, no matter the agony. Staying loyal to the Seahawks during the 1990s was like jamming a needle into your eye for 16 weeks straight.
