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Matter of Opinion archive for Oct. 27, 2009

TUESDAY, OCT. 27, 2009

Tips for the modern pundit 54 

You, too, can be a pundit, but the rules have changed. Here's helpful hints from the Washington Post's Gene Weingarten.Example:"Rule 3: Being a modern pundit is like being a microwave oven -- it's about heat, not light. The current debate in America, for example, isn't…

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Tuesday's Loose Thread 

Been reading "The Big Burn" by Timothy Egan (grew up in Spokane). It's about the onset of the Forest Service, the fierce battles to oppose setting aside public land and the huge fire that turned public sentiment to the foresters.Find it odd that Heyburn State…

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