We're working on a dialogues project about the future of Spokane. We plan on interviewing natives of Spokane as well as some newcomers to see how they envision Spokane's future.But we have a dilemma: What constitutes a newcomer to Spokane? Is it someone who has…
Here's how I vented my frustration with how this has become a daily staple of campaign coverage.Here's Stanley Fish's more erudite take.This denouncing and renouncing game is simply not serious. It is a media-staged theater, produced not in response to genuine concerns – no one…
Today's editorial disagrees with the cookie cutter approach recently announced in No Child Left Behind: the requirement that minorities and low-income students, which are often statistically behind the curve in graduation rates, graduate at the same rate as every other group, at the risk of…
A Matter of Opinion is really a matter of three opinions – those held by the people responsible for the opinion pages of The Spokesman-Review. Check in regularly to find out what they’re up to, what they think and where they differ and to joust with them if you want.
