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Matter of Opinion archive for Sept. 5, 2008

FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 2008

Dumb Bomb

If you think Barack and Michelle Obama are elitists, there's a lot of other adjectives you could use: patronizing, condescending, haughty, snobbish, supercilious. But uppity?Reminds me of when then-Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham didn't see anything wrong with the term "pickaninnies." But that was more than…

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Lost Flights

Spokane has never been an easy place to fly into. Airlines have recently dropped some flights. It's important that the community work together to fix this, in Our View.

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