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Matter of Opinion

Monday’s Loose Thread

Quite the newsy paper on Sunday.

Paul Harvey dies.

Possible indictment as the third anniversary of Otto Zehm's death approaches.

Guard training prompts rumors of government getting ready to seize guns in Hayden.

A veteran's death perplexes family. Was it really suicide? Could it have been prevented?

I'm catching up to the fifth season of "The Wire" via Netfiix. It's only the best TV series ever. The fifth and final season includes a newsroom setting. In one scene the newsroom is told that another round of buyouts is coming. Buyouts -- those seem so quaint now.

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Gary Crooks
Gary Crooks joined The Spokesman-Review in 1997. He is editor of the Opinion section and a member of the Editorial Board.

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