Former news anchors Tom Brokaw, left, and Dan Rather leave the stage after a tribute to news anchors during the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday. You write the cutline.Top Cutline:1. Anchors Away: Dan wins the much-coveted "I've-Kept-My-Bald-Spot- Hidden-Better-Than-You" award -- Marianne Love.2. Psst Dan,…
Dave, How embarrassing, I organized a campaign to get my friend Pat Boone into the Rock n'Roll Hall of Fame five weeks ago by putting up the website here. Thus far, in more than 1,700 "backers," only two from Idaho have logged in. I'm actually…
As many of you know, the sheriff's departments of Bonner and Shoshone counties were rebuffed in their attempt to deliver goods, cash and backup to the hurricane-slammed areas of Louisiana here. Blogger Bill McCrory/Whitecaps wished our story had added one key fact as he analyzed…
Of course they should. But they should also provide a detailed content analysis of every article they've written about each candidate including a listing of adjectives and adverbs used to modify any statements directly pertaining to or about the candidate and to any action by…
I couldn't agree more with your editorial on the unmuffled off-shore racing boats. Good job! I spent a week in August out on Lake CDA on my boat. I didn't see a lot of speeding, but the noise was awful. A boat repairman told me…
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Former news anchors Tom Brokaw, left, and Dan Rather leave the stage after a tribute to news anchors during the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday. You write the cutline.
How has Bush handled the illegal-alien issue? 1. Bush is doing the best thing possible for America. Nothing 2. I approve of his allowing the flow of illegal aliens to continue unabated 3. The situation is difficult, and Bush is doing the best that can…
The latest saying on the Starbucks’ “The Way I See It” series is causing a stir in the Coeur d’Alene coffee shops. Controversial saying by gay S.F. writer Armistead Maupin on Cup No. 43? “My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it…
You know the drill. Below, you'll find the WND Poll for Sunday. (BTW, I wrote and was granted permission to publish the poll each day in toto.) Also, you have my Monday print column below. And the Photo of the Weekend could use some more…
Do you think it was right for the U.S. to take military action in Iraq? 1. Yes, the world is safer with Saddam out of power 2. Yes, Iraqis are now free of tyranny and free to choose their own leaders 3. Yes, even though…
There should be enough posted this morning to keep you busy for awhile. As always, thanks for your participation in this blog. Now, here's your first Wild Card of the weekend ...
Issue: State could buy scene of slayings: Family may sell Wolf Lodge property to allow conservation as wetlands/Taryn Brodwater & Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review.State Lands Director Winston Wiggins: "It's not a good place for a house, regardless of what happened there, which is of course an…
Sumo wrestlers Iwakiyama, left, leaps in the air after he sent opponent Kotomitsuki out of the ring in a sumo tournament in Tokyo. You write the cutline.
Issue: Red tape frustrates law officers: Idaho relief efforts for Gulf Coast not welcomed/James Hagengruber, Spokesman-Review.Shoshone County Sheriff Chuck Reynalds: "It was a paperwork bureaucracy nightmare," Reynalds said. "These were fully certified law enforcement officers, fully armed and ready to go to work. We weren't…
I like this photo of my husband and me. It was taken almost ten years ago. We thought it would be fun to dress the part of the Old West. It was! Funny thing is - these here parts of Idaho still feel like and…
Tupperware couture made its catwalk debut in New York City this week. Models showcased designs for plastic-soled shoes and 60s style headbands, which were produced out of Tupperware. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. An unidentified bystander was wrestled to the ground and arrested after he…
Cis Gors/Kootenai is always coming up with interesting quizzes and sites for Huckleberries Online commenters and blurkers. She has done it again with a TGIF "Easter Egg." In this one, you can find out which book of the Bible most closely resembles you. (For agnostics…
FBI agents, Timothy Fuhrman, left, and Brent Robbins, far right, speak during a reward and award presentation for, from left, Amber Deahn, Linda Olson, Nick Chapman, and Christopher Donlan, whose actions helped rescue 8-year-old Shasta Groene and capture sex predator Joseph Edward Duncan III ,…
Don't know if you heard but Mark Furhman announced this morning that he won't be doing his KGA radio show after next week. Contract up and he wanted more time to do other things. Sounds like it's an amicable parting of the ways -- A…
Too much blogging. I can't do anything halfway. Too much "airing out my brain". I found myself being too critical of everyone and everything. That's not me. Sometimes three or four posts a night, and each post being quite lengthy. It seems that's the way…
Who should pay most for the rebuilding of New Orleans? 1. City of New Orleans 2. State of Louisiana 3. Federal government 4. A combination of city, state, federal governments 5. A little bit from everyone except any government 6. The U.N. 7. Insurance companies…
*Four who helped save Shasta share reward: Heroes get $25,000 each for role in capture of suspect in Groene homicides/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review -- I'm still blown away by the heroism of these four people. They not only helped save little Shasta. They probably saved other…
Greenpeace protesters wearing penguin costumes demand that the national government deter farmers from destroying Argentina's native forest known as "Pizarro reserve" in front of the government house in Buenos Aires, Thursday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines: 1. Fresh from receiving their marching orders from Howard…
Issue: Hurricane names.DFO: I hope I'm not being indelicate here, after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the threat of Hurricane Ophelia, but I've often wondered what people would name a hurricane if they were free to immortalize a significant other who has created a…
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