Issue: Cuss & Effect: Can people speak anymore without the f-word?/Catherine Seipp (From the Left Coast), National Review.Christine Hoppe/Not So Fast: And for those that regularly cuss, what do you do when something really bad happens? You have no where to escalate to. If you…
Prosecutor Bill Douglas has filed a motion to intervene in the SR lawsuit against Kootenai County commissioners to get the e-mails between him and his former county hireling, Marina Kalani. Quoth from intervention motion:The proposed Intervenor is the author and recipient of the e-mails in…
I did quite a double take this afternoon when I drove into the Courthouse parking lot and saw good 'ol Ron Rankin's black Lincoln in his regular parking space! My first thought was, wow, something big must really be up if Ron's back. As it…
State Sen. Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, has become one of the most powerful politicians in Washington state. See Item No. 3.Ex-Whitworth prof Stephen Meyer and his Center for Science and Culture are at the center of a controversy re: the teaching of evolution. Nah, the Seattle…
Bob Potter and C.J. Buck (left and right in embrace) shared a hug at the 2003 groundbreaking of the new Buck Knives plant in Post Falls. Rick Carr (left), who replaced Potter briefly, looked on.Issue: Jobs Plus marks a strong year: Kootenai County jobs grew…
Speaking from a little left of center, the battle for Terri's life wasn't a case of Right vs. Left; it was a case of trying to treat a human being with respect and dignity. This may fall on deaf ears, but it sure would be…
Issue: Terri Schiavo dies of thirst: Estranged husband barred family from her bedside in final moments/WorldNetDaily.DFO: This court-sanctioned killing is the Roe v. Wade of the euthanasia movement. Every severely disabled person with a cold-hearted next of kin now is at risk to be systematically…
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.