Is there some sad irony in the day the Pulitzer Prizes are announced, huge layoffs are also announced at The Seattle Times?Staff members who attended a meeting with Executive Editor David Boardman said they were told about 45 newsroom positions would be eliminated. At least…
Here at The Spokesman-Review, blogging is still a fairly optional process. Those who are interested can usually blog. But except for Dave Oliveria, who works full time at his wildly popular Huckleberries blog, the rest of us have taken blogging on as an additional duty.We…
(S-R file photo)Our editorial today urged County Commissioners to really consider whether a raceway park purchase is in the best interest of most citizens.When county commissioners meet Tuesday, they should ask themselves if the best role for them is to tie up millions of tax…
Recent organ donation stories prompted us to urge awareness and involvement in organ donation. Many people die while on the waiting list for a transplant; many die without having signed an organ donor registration.Nevaeh was able to save lives even when she tragically lost hers.…
We haven't gotten as many letters as usual, nor have we seen as much blog traffic this week as heretofore. I hope that means everyone is enjoying the spring-break weather outside. Keep an eye out for what you might want to share when you get…
(Mike Prager/S-R photo)STA and other entities are pushing their "Travel Green" program this month, encouraging every commuter to take an alternative form of transportation at least one day during April. We hope, though, the awareness generated will create lifelong earth-friendly commuters.Do you have a bus/bike/walk/carpool…
(In this Brian Plonka/S-R photo, a Stevens Elementary student hurdles a pile of leaves next to a homeless camp along Napa Street, Nov. 2, 2007)Today's editorial urges the regional housing task force under consideration to get underway quickly and come up with real solutions. The…
If you haven't yet, treat yourself to a read of the guest column we ran today, already referenced in the post below.It begins:On March 26, noted conservative scholar Dinesh D'Souza presented a lecture titled "Racism is not the Problem" at Washington State University's main campus…
The director of the Foley Public Policy Institute at WSU contributed today's guest column, which I thought was a wonderfully written admonition to those who in practice (if not in theory) seek to eliminate the accommodation of minority opinions in the booking of guest speakers.…
On Saturday we printed a letter from Leonard Johnson regarding Baby Nevaeh and her mother's boyfriend:Planned Parenthood, our nation's leading abortion purveyor and profiteer, has an effective pre-emptive remedy for children in risk of being harmed by their mothers' rotating companions: Kill it in utero.…
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