I find it laughable that the Press would scold the Spokesman for unethical conduct when it printed the names of the officers in the shooting. Why did the Press give the sister of the criminal who shot the Coeur d’Alene cop a front page story…
5:23 p.m. Khris Bershers, my favorite Local Conservative Girl Makes Good Back In D.C., checked in from her PR job with the Heritage Foundation think tank to say fellow thinkers were blown away by my blog ethics item today here. Writes Khris: "Loved your posting…
I read the article that upset the sheriff, and I saw no lack of courtesy or disrespect for the deputies. There was no editorial criticism of their conduct. If the sheriff feels some understanding he has with the Spokesman Review has been violated, he should…
Among the most important things government historically has done is to deal with and try to improve workplace safety. And there probably isn’t a more dangerous profession than hard-rock mining. The Democratic party has a long and storied history of pushing for reforms and improvements…
The Spokesman was absolutely correct in reporting the names of the officers. The gathering and reporting of information does not always come nearly bundled in a warm blanket. Once a news organization starts to compromise to "get along" in a community, it is a very…
Columnist Doug Clark (pictured), the second best man at my wedding 29 1/2 years ago, was inspired by Washington R's request to do the governor's election over. "Wouldn't it be swell," writes Doug, "if we could all take a Do-Over now and then? Janet Jacson's…
Rotten Potatoes -- to the Coeur d'Alene Press (sorry Dave Tolle) for playing the patsy to local law enforcement, which has withheld the names of the two officers involved in the fatal Hayden shootout in December. Sheriff Rocky Watson wanted the names withheld until an…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
