Tuesday's Loose Thread 6
Apple or pumpin pie? Our family has made the choice.What's on your mind today?
Matter of Opinion archive for Jan. 1, 2009
TUESDAY, NOV. 24, 2009
MONDAY, NOV. 23, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread 279
To your health!What is up today? Translation: Wassup?
FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 2009
Friday's Loose Thread 44
Dang! Sixty, That's just really old.Thoughts on this Friday before Black Friday (uh-oh, here comes that Steely Dan earworm!)?
THURSDAY, NOV. 19, 2009
Thursday's Loose Thread 20
Here you go, and remember that profane acronyms are a deal breaker, FWIW.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 2009
Wednesday's Loose Thread 6
Enjoy the sunshine while ... oops!. There it goes.Bring on the commentary!
TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 2009
Tuesday's Loose Thread 37
Is today gonna be a good day? I gotta feelin. (make sure you watch at least a minute)What's on your mind?
MONDAY, NOV. 16, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread 39
I'll be a one-armed paper hanger for the next two weeks. So it's up to you to keep these discussions moving. Not that you ever need my help.So, what's on your mind today?
THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 2009
Dios mio! 7
Did you see this? Or this?Just a little comedy relief.
Thursday's Loose Thread 7
Release your pent-up demand here. But clean up after yourselves.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 2009
Wednesday's Loose Thread 8
Moving ceremony at Fort Lewis. Thoughts on this or other news?
TUESDAY, NOV. 10, 2009
Tuesday's loose thread 2
A nice woman who catches the bus where I do opined the other day that with hints of snow in the air, she bets some people still haven't got their winter tires on yet.Well, uh...guess what I just added to my to-do list.But if you…
Endless issues 193
Two national stories on today's front page, involve two of society's most polarized issues: abortion and capital punishment. The public seems to be rigidly divided across an uncrossable gulf on both topics, yet in my several decades on this planet I have seen considerable, even…
MONDAY, NOV. 9, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread 26
Big news over the weekend is that the health-care bill passed in the House. Onward to the Senate.Thoughts on this and other news?
FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 2009
Tragedy hits home 2
Michael G. Cahill of Spokane was one of the victims of the Fort Hood shootings.Condolences to the family and anyone who knew him.
THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 2009
About those earmarks 28
Remember when that was a hot topic? Republicans vowed to fix it. Well, that isn't going so well. In fact, it isn't going at all. But eight of 10 panel members, including Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Mike Simpson, are still requesting them.This is an interesting…
Thursday's Loose Thread 6
That Coeur d'Alene Council race between Mike Kennedy and Jim Brannon is amazingly close. Five votes. Wonder how many people didn't vote, because they figured it wouldn't matter.Thoughts on this or other news of the day?
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4, 2009
Wednesday's Loose Thread 15
So what were the biggest election surprises?
TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 2009
Tuesday's Loose Thread 41
Election predictions, anyone? I think Ref. 71 will pass and Prop 4 and I-1033 will fail.
MONDAY, NOV. 2, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread 3
And afternoon darkness descends. I really don't like rolling back the clocks.What's on your mind?
FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 2009
Friday's Loose Thread
Here's the last thread of the week. Use it wisely.
THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2009
Thursday's Loose Thread 4
Let's just call it heavenly dandruff or pretend it didn't happen.What are your thoughts today?
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 2009
Wednesday's Loose Thread 115
Halloween costumes. Palin is so last year. Who will be the scary pol this year?Thoughts on this or other topics?
TUESDAY, OCT. 27, 2009
Tips for the modern pundit 54
You, too, can be a pundit, but the rules have changed. Here's helpful hints from the Washington Post's Gene Weingarten.Example:"Rule 3: Being a modern pundit is like being a microwave oven -- it's about heat, not light. The current debate in America, for example, isn't…
Tuesday's Loose Thread 1
Been reading "The Big Burn" by Timothy Egan (grew up in Spokane). It's about the onset of the Forest Service, the fierce battles to oppose setting aside public land and the huge fire that turned public sentiment to the foresters.Find it odd that Heyburn State…
MONDAY, OCT. 26, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread 97
Green Bluff. Pumpkin doughnuts. Get on it.What's on your mind today (other than a Carpenters' song)
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