Page B4 Spokane County’s progress toward expansion of the urban growth area has been bumpier than a ride down a country road. You know, like Lincoln Street between Third and Main avenues. … 4

Page B4 For all the gnashing of teeth over the lack of comity and civility in Washington, the real problem is not etiquette but the breakdown of constitutional norms. Such as the … 27

Page B4 An elderly friend I’ll call Jeff perfectly summed up the stress of digital living. He’d read an article on the race by cyber-merchants to get online purchases into consumers’ hands …

Page B5 President Obama’s broken promise about people being able to keep their existing health insurance is much larger than we’ve been led to believe. Until now, attention has focused on the … 14

Page B5 When I first saw the construction site at 21st Avenue and Ray Street I was shocked, as were a number of people who called to ask me about the grove …

Page B5 Referencing your Nov. 24 article as it relates to unparalleled financial growth at Gonzaga University. You correctly attribute this good fortune to the success of the basketball program. You identify … 1

Page B5 I would like to offer a response to Norma Stejer’s Nov. 16 letter concerning street rehabilitation work. 8

Page B5 From “Help save the wild turkey,” Froma Harrop, Nov. 23: “A feast for the eyes, ears and stomach, the wild turkey needs more human friends in its North American home. … 9

Page B5 The numbers are out and they tell us who the real liars are regarding the Affordable Care Act. 216

Page B5 So Premera and Bridgespan exclude the Providence system of hospitals and physicians in favor of Deaconess and Valley hospitals. Sounds suspiciously like a previous sweetheart deal where Rockwood physicians all … 13

Page A11 High tech plus high touch equals high cost, an equation that has some Mead educators looking for extraordinary solutions. The school district’s Riverpoint Academy combines computer-based instruction with hands-on manufacturing. … 5

Page A11 Another extreme weather event disrupted one of the most popular traditions here in the United States, Thanksgiving. Meteorologists at The Weather Channel named the winter storm “Boreas,” after the ancient … 86

Page A11 We are certainly grateful that Larry Lapidus has been willing to fill in as a symphony reviewer after the departure of the incomparable Travis Rivers from that post. However, satisfaction … 1

Page A11 As we approach Thanksgiving and the temperatures drop to the teens, my mind turns to being grateful for having a home and food on the table. I also start to … 161

Page A11 Anyone with half an engineering brain knows you don’t start a bridge repair project in the winter because the cost to heat the repair area will cause the project costs … 7

Page A11 The Nov. 24 article on Kshama Sawant was a good one of interest to anyone paying attention to Pugetopolis. Nice location, too: after the obituaries, beneath Huckleberries, and to the … 6

Page A19 In these hyperpartisan times, with red and blue at odds over health care, taxes, regulations, the environment, marriage – and just about everything else – some U.S. senators are crossing …

Page A19 (Editor’s note: To mark this Thanksgiving, we offer this version of the first presidential Thanksgiving proclamation. It retains the original typography and spelling except for the conversion of the “f” …

Page A19 Is the Obama White House airbrushing history? It was a hallmark of the Stalin era: Fallen Soviet leaders vanished from official photographs. Nobody accuses President Barack Obama of such subterfuge …

Page A11 At a recent Georgetown University symposium, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Laura Bush, and John Kerry all urged Americans not to abandon Afghan women after U.S. troops exit next year. Their pleas … 3

Page A11 Cyber Monday is approaching fast, and the Idaho Tax Commission is reminding citizens of their duty to pay the “use taxes” on those online purchases. On the off-chance you forgot, … 27

Page A11 There is an old story about a man who made stone soup. He came to the center of a starving village and set up a large cauldron into which he … 21

Page A11 An American sat in his tent. President Obama gently thrust his nose under the flap and looked in. “Let me put my nose in your tent (American credit rating downgraded, … 168

Page A11 Though almost unknown in the United States, Cuba developed its own type B meningococcal vaccine for use in 1991. VA-MENGOC-BC reduced the island’s meningitis infection rate from 6.5 per 100,000 … 14

Page A11 I was glad to read the Nov. 18 letter from Vicki McBride concerning the “old-fashioned way” of voting. I agree we should return to the polls and all be participating … 31

Page A13 Ninety percent of the American opinion elite will fall for the old “historic breakthrough” conceit every time. The appeal of getting enemies in a room together, where they will shed … 15

Page A13 Sometimes the great outdoors is not so great, even in the great Northwest. A layer of cold air trapped at the surface has enveloped much of Washington, and with it … 3

Page A13 Nice job on food stamps by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. 145

Page A13 Perhaps the two Gonzaga students and their attorney may consider the doctrine of competing harm (aka doctrine of necessity) in defense of their actions where they justifiably utilized an appropriate … 7

Page A13 ’Tis the season – when people think a new puppy or kitten is the perfect gift. May I offer a few suggestions: 8