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SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2005

Sunday Question of the Day -- 7/24/05

Issue: Frank Church would've wanted Idahoans to work out differences: His approach to solving central Idaho wilderness controversy still stands as a model/Fred Hutchison, Idaho Statesman.DFO: Local people solving local problems? What a concept. Mike Simpson (White Clouds) and Mike Crapo (Owyhee canyonlands) are walking…

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Peanut Gallery -- No Predator Epidemic

I too have worked with sex offenders on a professional basis. Some have remorse. Some cease and desist the deviant behavior and never reoffend. Some don't. Sex offenders are not a homogenous group, they differ across dozens of variables. These are immutable facts. The true…

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Saturday Wild Card -- 7/23/05

I've posted 4 new items below to kick off your Saturday, including a mini-editorial about sex offenders. I hope they inspire a comment. If not, here's your Wild Card to come up with your own topics. I'll be checking in after I garage sale later…

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Question No. 1 -- 7/23/05

Issue: Blue Law's gone -- let's drink to that: Liquor sales among scores of regulations that will take effect/David Ammons, Associated Press.DFO: Is it really a handicap if liquor sales are banned on Sunday? I drink wine. And can't remember the last time I bought…

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Huckleberries Online

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.