The awful news from Virginia Tech casts a pall on everything we do here today. These tragedies are becoming too common place. There seems to be too many nuts out in our society today. God have mercy on the wounded and their families as well…
I'll say it again ... I'm not anti-gun, but somehow we've fostered a climate in which too many people who shouldn't have guns, have guns. Is there anything anyone can do about this? It's too easy to commit mass murders with a firearm. I know…
Family Phil/A Family Runs Through It has done us all a favor by snapping this shot of Stickman's wonderful walking sticks, made generally from wood that he finds on Tubbs Hill. I have two of Stickman's sticks -- an autographed maple staff that I keep…
Virginia Tech students watch from the doorway of McBryde Hall on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., as police infiltrate the area where a shooting took place earlier today. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times)Blacksburg police officers run from Norris Hall on the Virginia Tech campus…
I've been trying to blog and go about my regular work today. But everything seems a bit surreal, with the awful tragedy that occurred at Virginia Tech. The senses are somewhat overwhelmed. I wonder: Will there come a point when we become too numb to…
Kootenai County Deputy Sheriff Charles Sciortino was justified in shooting Victor Leon in the chest and right arm during a confrontation March 14, county Prosecutor Bill Douglas said in a report released today. Douglas said the officer, who fired his .45-caliber pistol four times at…
Associated PressEach year in the U.S.,We share a common distress,On April 15,We say "Good-bye" to the green,and "Hello" to the IRS!Andy Michaels/29 Words Or Less
Bill Sali knew he had some fences to mend when he got to Congress. One of his early encounters was lunch with fellow Idaho Republican Mike Simpson, the former state House speaker who had once threatened to throw him out a window. "I made the…
Update hereABC News will broadcast President Bush's remarks at 4:15 p.m. EDT, followed by the officials' news conference at Virginia Tech. Full coverage tonight on "World News with Charles Gibson" at 6:30 p.m. ETD and an extended edition of "Nightline" at 11:35 p.m. EDT
I'm amazed that there are individuals in this community who are still trying to stop the construction of a community center -- after more than two decades without one. I'm also amazed that the Coeur d'Alene Press published Larry Spencer's claims about the so-called "Dirtgate"…
*Huckleberries hears ... that Salvation Army Major John Chamness and Kroc Center project engineer Steve Walker are preparing a response to Larry Spencer's op-ed Sunday attack in the Coeur d'Alene Press. They're amazed that they weren't contacted by the Press to address the claims that…
Texas could become the first in the nation to require all public high schools to offer an elective course on the Bible if a bill currently pending in the Texas Legislature becomes law. Do you think high schools should offer elective courses on the Bible?…
To settle its claims, the Spokane Diocese filed for bankruptcy, and if a bankruptcy plan is approved in late April every Catholic in the Diocese will be asked to contribute to a $48 million settlement for more than 150 abuse victims. The parishes must come…
re: Larry Spencer's op-ed column in Coeur d'Alene Press Sunday: "Dirtgate at Kroc Center."Do you think the editorial writer at the Cd'A Press knew what was going to appear on the page with their opinion? Spencer's 'Guest Opinion' would seem to cross the very "lines…
The posse that's been tracking Lake City Development Corp. activity for months stubbed its toe badly last week. It all started with a tip to LCDCritic Dan Gookin from someone with concerns about a Black Rock Development project. Seems the tipster had heard that developer…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
