"I spent my Saturday evening in the ER. Since no one died, it actually turned out to be a positive experience. There’s just so much interesting stuff in there: security doors, drawers with ambiguous labels and people holding ice on their faces. Probably the best…
The week is going by fast, which is good as this Saturday is the Huckleberries Online Blogfest up in Coeur d'Alene. I finally will get to see some of the folk I know on that blog face to face. It will be so cool. I…
Harlee, a 4-year-old miniature long haired dachshund from Ogden, Utah, is fanned by his handler Alex Davison as he naps on the floor of the backstage area during the 132nd Westminster Kennnel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden Monday in New York. (AP Photo/Jason…
Tumblewords IllustrationHeseeking slight comfortimagined his old girlfriendmissing their pastmeanwhilehis slight ex-girlfriendseeking shells on Sanibelimagined him ~ notSue Turner/Tumblewords
The Good: We'll take more journalistic risk, promoting the Spokesman-Review as a source of information and not just as a newspaper The Bad: Fewer young people are using newspapers everywhere, and current subscribers are eventually going to dieThe Ugly: Industry and company advertising revenue is…
... for Idaho and Washington -- and where they stand on the Democratic presidential race here.Question: Should superdelegates follow the clear dictates of party members in caucuses and primaries? Or should they vote their own conscience?
"John McCain's courage under torture during the Vietnam War deserves everyone's gratitude and respect. But as a national candidate, the stumpy, uptight McCain is a lemon. Oy, that weaselly voice and those dated locutions and stilted intonations. Who needs a weird old coot with a…
Hadn’t seen much reference to this, but (and a hat tip to a correspondent who suggested it) the closure of Idaho Senator Larry Craig’s political action committee, Alliance for the West, seems worth a note here. Federal Election Commission reports show the PAC as zeroed…
The 2008 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition (warning: partial nudity) is hitting the newstands, featuring a topless model on the cover. One online critic argues that the swimsuit edition has become passe and irrelevant at a time when naked and scantily clad models can be found…
re: Newspaper's radio newscast venture here
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"I just want to encourage all the single ladies out there to make themselves feel appreciated this Valentine’s Day. Buy yourself flowers, ladies. And no, don’t lie about it and pretend it’s from some secret boyfriend. You don’t need some guy to buy you flowers.…
According to BusinessWeek.com’s 2007 list of Best Places to Raise Your Kids, the communities that offer families a combination of safety, community and education are usually towns with family-oriented neighborhoods, affordable homes and good schools. Business Week used the following five criteria: test scores, cost…
Kept the streets up? cha, right, try to deliver newspapers between midnight and 6 when A) there's heavy snows 6-to-8 inches on a Sunday, B) lingers through a Monday, C) then gets packed, D)thawed, E) frozen into ice, then F) meets warm temperatures and rain…
Question: Should Huckabee withdraw from the White House race?1. Yes, I don't want a theocracy in America2. Yes, he's harming GOP unity and Republican chances of winning in November3. Yes, he doesn't have a chance to win against Obama or Hillary4. Yes, he fought the…
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.
