*Michael Moore: Democrats need to embrace Hollywood: Director of 'Fahrenheit 9/11' claims Kerry lost race because he wasn't best candidate/WorldNetDaily -- Looks like the Pied Piper of The Left is trying to woo another gang of lemmings to lead over another cliff.*Jimmy Carter's grandson arrested:…
*If Notre Dame was looking at Coach Dan Hawkins to get its program turned around, it'll have to keep looking. The Bronco coach signed a five-year contract today, according to a Statesman link passed along by Doug Burr, here.*Colleague Erica Curless passes along a Missoulian…
re: my Pearl Harbor editorial here Pearl Harbor wasn't a surprise, except perhaps for the exact timing. The Navy was aware of its vulnerability in the '20s, and Honolulu was already under red alert in 1938. For a good account of the latter, read "The…
This icy white stuff we call snowcan make it hard to stop and go,and it may come as news to youthat snow fell on us last year, too.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Both CDA papers deserve a Sweet Potato for offering nice articles about Pearl Harbor survivors. Kevin Graman and Carl Gidlund old the stories of these old warriors for the S-R here and here. And Bill Buley of the CDA Press focuses on a 12/7 survivor…
As you see, I test-drove a new concept today: "Web Log." Pretty boring name. But it fits the feature -- an on-line summary of my work day. I'll try it for a coupla of days to gauge its potential. Meanwhile, I appreciate the response to…
Gonna try something new today ... an actual log as I go thru the day. I'll keep updating it with newest things on top:4:45 p.m. Biz Tidbits columnist Nils Rosdahl stopped by to say he found a wild turkey dead on his porch when he…
If you haven't read James Taranto's Best of the Web (which has a link under "blog roll" on the bottom right side of this blog, you're denying yourself the best daily commentary on the today's news. Great stuff again today. Click here.
In the second half of his Coeur d'Alene Press column today, weather forecaster Cliff Harris (whom I met 25 years or so ago in Montana's Flathead Valley when he was hanging out with doomsday predictor R.E. McMaster) tries to explain what went wrong with that…
So, when is a ha-huge snowstorm not a ha-huge snowstorm? When it's predicted by the local weather channels, at 100% probability, and doesn't happen. I waited for the Mother of All Snowstorms to hit Friday night, then Saturday day and then again Saturday night. When…
It's past closing time Friday, but that doesn't mean I can't blog on. I found a cool Web site for you folks who like lists and, more than that, like to impress your friends with the latest lists. If you know what "waitron" and "barista"…
*Thompson quits HHS with ominous warning: Can't 'understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply'/WorldNetDaily: Shhhh.*No-recruiting policy aimed at Scouts: Literature sent home with students must warn group's value may be 'offensive'/Associated Press: And who's going to warn us about the creeps sliming…
Hello Dave, Welcome back. Interesting your comment that many of your colleagues "lean to the left". Lately I been wondering if I subscribe to the best news publication BECUZ sooo much of the paper tilts to the left. Article structure, editorial sources and article placement.…
Dave;After readings the rantings and musings of the election and such I was reminded of a quote: "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no…
In the "whatever happened to ..." dept., ex-S-R editor Chris Peck (pictured) has run into turbulence as editor of the Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial Appeal. First, there's labor negotiation and layoff problems here. Then, there's a resentment by his staff about former Spokane staffers who've been…
L.C. Johnson of Moscow sends along a poem by Donald Arey Sr. that reveals how Christmas has been dumbed down by the PCrowd here -- dfo
Funny little video on the search for a new smokesperson by the tobacco industry here.Many thanks to colleague Taryn Brodwater for passing this along.
I'm ba-a-a-ack. After a day of noodling with the other newsroom editors about the future, I'm back, refreshed. I wished all of you could see the type of folks who run things in our newsroom. Yeah, they tend to lean Left. But they're quality people…
Like tiny stars upon the treesthey twinkle in the frosty breeze,and throw their little rays of lightlike hope into the cold black night.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
*Kerry campaign won't surrender: Seeks to join legal battle over Ohio ballot recount/WorldNetDaily: You lose by 136,000 votes in a state, and you think you still have a chance. This reminds me of the scene from "Dumb & Dumber" when the beautiful love interest tells…
Hugh Hewitt's blog provides photos of some of the idiot protesters who greeted Dubya in Ottawa here.
I shoveled the sidewalk for the first time last night, which means winter officially has arrived in the Great Inland Northwest here. Cars were cuh-rashing all over the place, particularly in Spokane, where some folks eschew studded tires. I put my studs on the car…
I need to begin a conversation with you regular readers. Over the next coupla weeks, I'd like you to analyze the Hot Potatoes blog. What works. What doesn't. What you'd change. What you'd add. Do you like the roundups: Quick Fix 6, Best of the…
*'Jeopardy!' whiz kid finally loses: Ken Jennings blows final question after record 74 wins/Associated Press: Like Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, this one record may stand forever. *Control of Montana Legislature hangs by just 1 vote: Constitution Party House candidate leads Democrat in Montana recount/WorldNetDaily:…
Mike Kennedy, my fave Red State Idaho D, has sent along a coupla alternative links today:1. From the Christian Science Monitor, Mike sends a piece about a Pentagon report that criticizes the administration's approach to the war on terror and the two wars in the…
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.
