Good morning, Netizens... As we creep forth from our repose in the beginning of yet another week, I cannot help but be mindful of the number of innocents that were killed last week in a flurry of murders across our country. The shootings came during…
Good morning, Netizens... Of all the political cartoons I have viewed over the last week, David Horsey perhaps has captured the essence of how the Europeans view President and Mrs. Obama. It is NOT the same as when George Bush was President; frankly speaking he…
Good morning, Netizens... Since it is an otherwise lovely spring day out there, what better time nor place to take a brief trip down the road toward irreverence as we view a picture of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as they are…
Good morning, Netizens... Long ago I wept for Jo Ellen Savage who, as everyone knows, did a pile drive from the River Park Square Parking Garage, for she was a delicate, sensitive and wholly engaging woman of infinite skill sets who had a gentle smile…
Good evening, Netizens... Dawn BarbouRoske, second from left, of Iowa City, leans towards her partner, Jen BarbouRoske after learning of the Iowa Supreme Court ruling in favor of legalizing gay marriage in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday. Between them is their daughter Bre, 6. Their…
Good morning, Netizens... A picture of Canadian Leonard Cohen, whom I met briefly back in the late 60's and a snip of what some say is one of his more beautiful songs: Like a bird on the wire,Like a drunk in a midnight choirI have…
Good evening, Netizens...Rod Blagojevich, former governor of Illinois has been indicted on a stack of federal charges. United States v. Rod R. Blagojevich, et al includings the following:Defendants: Rod R. Blagojevich, 52, of Chicago Christopher Kelly, 50, of Burr Ridge Alonzo Monk, 50, of Park…
Good evening, Netizens... I have been following this story for several days now and now that the IRS has begun moving in on some of those behind-the-scenes in the offshore tax-evasion business, I cannot help but hope and wonder what we might be seeing. MIAMI,…
Good morning, Netizens... It's just another day in our snowbound paradise, and despite the fact we are already warming up to the idea that we might actually have a real Spring buried somewhere beneath this noxious wasteland of snow this morning, it snowed overnight again!…
Good morning, Netizens... I'm with David Horsey. I do not claim to understand our national economy, nor do I necessarily understand how it works. What little I do know of it you could put in an economic thimble, except for the fact I know when…
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)When I first saw this quotation come up, I froze both the word of…
Good morning, Netizens... I rise from the depths of sleep, pour myself a cup of something meaner than my latest Avista bill and immediately peruse the news that's fit to print on the Spokesman web site at 3:00 AM. What? Another blast in Bozeman, Montana?…
Spokesman-Review readers blog about news and issues in Spokane written by Dave Laird.
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