Good morning, Netizens... Is Mitt Romney really a man with the touch for the common people? Cartoonist David Horsey certainly portrays the question in his cartoon this morning or, as David Horsey observes, is Romney just another out-of-touch rich guy? Come to think of it,…
Good morning, Netizens... Here from the illustrious pen of David Horsey, we feature what happens when Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum descend upon the Tea Party members of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Why is it that Gingrich and Santorum are reading from the same right…
Good morning, Netizens... I spent most of yesterday observing the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King if not with a sense of obligation or even public service. I observed the holiday quietly, in retrospect and with a strong sense of the history which few others…
To borrow from Doug Clark from today's Spokesman Review, "I’m hotter than a car hood baking under a July sun" over ex-mayor Queen Mary requesting back pay from us village people. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jan/12/verner-preceded-her-exit-with-request-for-back-pay/ Since when does someone get a hefty pension after working merely four years.…
Good morning, Netizens... Everyone has heard of Hostess Twinkies, right? Failing that, at least most people have heard of or indulged in Hostess Wonder bread at one time or another in their lives. Well, huddle up next to your video monitor, because Wednesday of this…
Good morning, Netizens... Try as I might, I admit to being terribly unknowing when it comes to what the hell Mom Jeans are. When cartoonist David Horsey poked fun at candidate Mitt Romney for wearing Mom Jeans, I had no idea what he was talking…
Good morning, Netizens... The Snake Pit is closed. For several years, Suzie and I have become fond of traveling to Enaville, Idaho to a quaint place affectionately called The Snake Pit, AKA The Enaville Resort, for meals and conversation. During that time we have become…
Good morning, Netizens... Yesterday Shannon Sullivan's efforts to recall Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Steve Tucker landed on the legal rocks, unfortunately. Judge Craig Matheson, of Benton and Franklin counties, said four recall charges drafted by Shannon Sullivan were insufficient and that one of the four…
Good morning, Netizens... Yesterday Mayor David Condon appointed appointed Maj. Scott Stephens interim police chief and announced plans to review the department’s use-of-force policies and training. Stevens replaces former Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, who retired effective Monday, at a time when the Spokane Police Department…
Good morning, Netizens! A belated Happy New Year to you and yours! I freely admit that, for my part and that of my wife, we avoided the crowds and mayhem of the New Years celebrations throughout Spokane. At the recently-arrived age of 66 years of…
Good morning, Netizens... Ye Gods, President Obama has signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law. This is a beastly piece of legislation that would make indefinite military detention of American Citizens okay without trial so long as there is a war on Terror. He…
Good morning, Netizens... Egods, some malfunctioning member of society robbed my favorite clinic pharmacy at gunpoint yesterday. Spokane Falls Family Clinic's pharmacy is in the basement of the building at 120 West Mission. Despite the fact that police arrived within minutes of the robbery, the…
Good morning, Netizens... For Cindy... I read an article by Cindy Hval in yesterday's Spokesman-Review called Front Porch: Christmas Traditions Move Along that spoke volumes to me about Christmas Traditions, most of which I never enjoyed until recent years. In her piece, Cindy opens up…
Good morning, Netizens... With the news that Sears and K-Mart have already publicly announced that they may be closing as many as 120 stores nationwide, largely due to tough economic times, one can see the impact of Christmas 2011 shopping season. This pair of huge…
Good morning, folks, As a writer and journalist, I strive each year to create vivid characters that reach out to your imagination, to indwell in your consciousness and allow you to enjoy all the rich, full range of the emotions. Each year, as has been…
Tales From the Front, an ongoing series of stories started four years ago, offers a means to explore aspects of human nature which often go unnoticed in the rush and throng of modern society. In this, the first of four Christmas Tales From the Front…
Hello Everyone! This is yet another of my almost-true stories about Christmas. However, unlike most, in this story I became not only the author but the protagonist, as well. Although in the final version, which you are about to read, I gave Freddy the Logger…
Good afternoon, Netizens... Even after making repeated phone calls, I'm not going to touch the story regarding the shooting of an unnamed suspect by the Town Marshall of Reardan in the Reardan Cemetery earlier today. At this time, there simply aren't enough facts available for…
None of the stuffed animals reclining against the overstuffed sofa in the front window of the Swap and Shop on West First Avenue actually saw the blue china doll arrive, since she was obviously inside a set of pasteboard boxes,although they all could clearly see…
The Christmas Present Copyright December 2000 by Dave Laird The weatherbeaten old highway had seen better days, lots of patch jobs hastily done by county employees who didn't care how well it held up. Where it crested the steep grade, the roadway generously overlooked part…
Good morning, Netizens... Ostensibly the War in Iraq is over. At least American's parts in this most-bloody vicious war is over, according to all the news wires. But what about Christmas in Iraq in this new “peacetime” Iraq? Christmas was first observed in 2008 in…
Good evening, Netizens... By this time, almost 10 days from Christmas, if I were following my traditions of years past, I would have already begun writing about Christmas, both in fiction and comment. What I didn't count on this year is that two weeks ago…
Good morning, Netizens... I would be remiss in my duties if I did not note the passing of Harry Morgan, who played the crusty yet sympathetic Col. Sherman T. Potter in the sitcom "MASH" and the hard-nosed LAPD Officer Bill Gannon in the television drama…
Good morning, Netizens... After nearly four days and counting, I have finally crawled from bed after suffering a bad bout with a cold, complete with all the dandy side-effects that typically accompany such things. When I was much younger, I used to catch one of…
Good afternoon, Netizens... Some of you already know Larry Shook who, in my opinion already had a proven history of telling the truth the way he sees it. He put this in my INBOX earlier today and I found it quite poignant and sadly true.…
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