Harry Connick Jr. performed in Spokane last night, bringing the stunning sounds and sensibility of his native New Orleans to Spokane.After spinning funny tales of his warm, sunny stay in Spokane -- eating brown rice from P.F. Chang's and watching a film at AMC in…
In my husband's family, there is this saying about the men and their opinions: "Seldom wrong; never uncertain."In my family, there is this saying about the women and their opinions: "No thought left unspoken."Which kind of opinion person are you? Doesn't matter. We'd love to…
Increasingly, troops see the futility, according to this article.Excerpt:"In 2003, 2004, 100 percent of the soldiers wanted to be here, to fight this war," said Sergeant First Class David Moore, a self-described "conservative Texas Republican" and platoon sergeant who strongly advocates an American withdrawal. "Now,…
Our editorial today concerned fire risk in the Inland Northwest. We rarely get tornadoes. We're not a hurricane area, of course. We've had some earthquakes, but we're no California. In fact, some predict that the region's relative safety from catastrophic weather might draw even more…
So here we are back to reality, oh gee. The stock market's open again. The president announced sanctions on Sudan. More deaths in Iraq, of course. Closer to home, the TV weather guys and gals are gleeful -- in a warning way -- about unseasonal…
Our editorial today was about a new Veterans Cemetery planned for Eastern Washington. It also talked about the importance of visiting cemeteries to honor the dead, especially on this day.Some of us grew up with family traditions of visiting the graves of loved ones. It…
What's on your to-do list as you get ready for the long holiday weekend? Oh! My GOSH!!! Almost forgot to let "A Matter of Opinion" know what's on my mind!There's still time. Post now and move on to less important tasks.
Several years ago at a diversity event, a woman stood up and showed us all a photo of her half-Caucasian, half-African-American grandson. The woman told the group that another family member had been quite bigoted against black people, but the baby changed the relative's prejudice…
Today's editorial wonders if those who oppose new gun laws will speak out for enforcing the ones that seem to have been ignored in Moscow.
The Spokesman-Review editorial board had a productive conversation today with Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson. One topic: Her interest in a statewide standardized math curriculum.It weighs heavily on Bergeson's and many other minds that about half of the state's 10th graders have failed…
...but you may have other ideas. Here's a link to today's editorial. We'd like to know your response.
"The best kind of conversation," wrote William Hazlitt, "is that which may be called thinking aloud."So crank it up and share what's on your mind.
I've been receiving a batch of reader feedback on my column about China which appeared Sunday.Here's the column: Through tourist's eyes, gratitudeReaders have referred me to Internet sites on participatory economics, invited me to read Peter Hessler's "River Town" and "Oracle Bones" and called me…
"Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair." -- George BurnsIf you ran the country, what would you do?
A reader sent me this column by the public editor on the Orlando Sentinel.It concludes: It makes me wonder -- and I suspect that it will make readers wonder -- what separates the Sentinel's news reports from the unverified postings of people who don't want…
Thank God It's Free -- the blog that is. So is this thread for unloading your thoughts.
They can't find enough help among U.S. citizens.Excerpt: Last August, the state joined the Washington Growers League in a campaign to recruit local workers in anticipation that too few guest workers would be available for the apple harvest.Valoria Loveland, director of the state Department of…
"The absent are easily refuted." -- C.S. LewisMake sure your view -- on the topic of your choice -- isn't left behind.
There's a lot of questions swirling around the death of Trent Yohe.What are your thoughts on the matter? Otto Zehm revisited? Justifiable use of force?One poster has already asked a series of questions in "Wednesday's Loose Thread."
"The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion." -- Elizabeth DrewDo your part in running the world here.
Save water now or save it later. Our View is that it's best to get into the habit now, so that a growing population doesn't imperil the aquifer.Are you saving water? Do you think it's even necessary?
I'm home from China, and newly appreciative of Spokane's blue skies, fresh air and, yes, our remarkably sane traffic.China's in the midst of its own industrial revolution, which has led to a booming economy and an estimated 1,000 new drivers on the road every day…
Gary Crooks and I share the same enthusiasm for hybrid/alternative fuel cars, but we know these cars suffer from a negative "cool factor." See his Smart Bombs and my Sunday column.So drivers out there, your thoughts on the hybrids and alternative fuel cars. Not cool?…
Here's your daily opportunity to reset the agenda. Use the comment link to launch a conversation about a topic of your choosing.
Monday's editorial from The Spokesman-Review deals with the freeway resurfacing project that begins disrupting downtown Spokane traffic flow today. You can comment on it or other recent S-R editorials.
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