Paul Turner: YouTube misbehavior is opportunity for Spokane
Sun., June 23, 2019, 5 a.m.
Judging from YouTube, Spokane is the city where parents don’t get into fights at Little League games. Could this be a slogan?
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Rob Curley: Before we tell you if ‘Non Sequitur’ is coming back, you have to read this column. And boy oh boy, do we have a surprise …
Sun., June 23, 2019, 5 a.m.
We asked readers if they wanted to forgive the creator of the “Non Sequitur” cartoon for
Shawn Vestal: Spokane Police Guild should take a cue from union president representing sheriff’s deputies
UPDATED: Tue., June 18, 2019, 8:27 p.m.
The leader of the Spokane County Deputy Sheriffs Association recognizes that his duty does not flow only toward the union, but also toward the public and its expectation of high standards.
Paul Turner: Doomsday secret didn’t spoil summer for the neighborhood kids
Tue., June 18, 2019, 5 a.m.
There’s something special about these longest days of summer.
Paul Turner: Let’s make kids bored again this summer
Sun., June 16, 2019, 5 a.m.
Some of us are concerned that kids in Spokane have lost their edge when it comes to complaining about being bored. The solution? Try a conversation about local current events.
No astroturf in anti-tax initiative’s grass roots
Sat., June 15, 2019, 5:03 a.m.
I-1648 has no paid signature gatherers. No paid staff. No millions in out-of-state money buying an astroturf campaign. But a Facebook page about the initiative has exploded with support, and one former lawmaker thinks lack of transparency during the latest budget process in Olympia has something do with the initiative’s popularity.
Shawn Vestal: Teachers make lasting, important impressions
Fri., June 14, 2019
As another academic year comes to a close, as schools mark the end of this season, celebrate graduations and promotions, and commence summer vacation, I remember all of my teachers.
Shawn Vestal: Don’t compare a drag queen to a blackfaced minstrel
Wed., June 12, 2019, 5 a.m.
When people try to co-opt blackface for their own unrelated political aims – by, say, comparing drag queens to blackface performers – it cynically reduces the historical crime of blackface to little more than a selfish, opportunistic political strategy.
Paul Turner: There’s a conspiracy against people writing checks
Tue., June 11, 2019, 5 a.m.
The last couple of batches of checkbooks I have received are all but impossible to use. It’s a plot. I see that now.
Paul Turner: An exercise to figure out what makes Spokane tick
Sun., June 9, 2019, 5 a.m.
You’re looking at the newspaper and see a local story that you suspect will generate a letter to the editor. Do you try to imagine the opening sentence of that letter?
Sue Lani Madsen: Library’s “Drag Queen Story Hour” not whole story on gender fluidity
UPDATED: Tue., June 11, 2019, 9:47 p.m.
Libraries promote reading, but Spokane Public Library’s story-hour theme based on drag queens takes a particular stand on gender fluidity.
Paul Turner: When you gotta go, you gotta go
Tue., June 4, 2019, 4 a.m.
Traveling in the West is a bit different than elsewhere when the time comes to find a restroom.
Paul Turner: When a city slicker is forced to be an urban farmer
Sun., June 2, 2019, 3 a.m.
Ever have one of those moments when you are reminded, to an acute degree, that you did not grow up on a farm?
How about gardening for your summer self-improvement project?
Tue., May 28, 2019, 5 p.m.
As frameworks for self-improvement regimens go, summer’s not bad. Do you have anything in mind for a midyear resolution?
Paul Turner: We all have a different way of welcoming summer
Sun., May 26, 2019, 5 a.m.
Opinions vary about just when summer begins.
Sue Lani Madsen: How are the children?
Sat., May 25, 2019, 5 a.m.
“How are the children,” Victor Rivas Rivers asked, quoting a traditional Masai greeting. It’s a measure of the health of the community. When children grow up experiencing abuse first or secondhand, they and the community are not well. And now we have data on how unwell.
Shawn Vestal: It’s almost time for our fifth season
Fri., May 24, 2019, 5 a.m.
Who’s ready for summer? Swimming, grilling, camping, coughing …
Shawn Vestal: Universities should look at their out-of-classroom spending growth before they start slashing budgets
Wed., May 22, 2019, 5 a.m.
As Eastern Washington University wades into the thicket of budget cutting by 3.5% here and 3.5% there, there’s another percentage that’s worth consideration. One hundred and fifty-five percent.
Shawn Vestal: Avista, whatever that means, should rename itself something meaningful. How about Washington Water Power?
Sun., May 19, 2019, 5 a.m.
What if – upon the occasion of Scott Morris’ retirement as head honcho – Avista decided to return to the name that is a part of city skyline? The name that lived for a century in the Northwest?
Sue Lani Madsen: The glimmers of hope for mental health
Sat., May 18, 2019, 5 a.m.
“Our commitment is to continually making things better. You can’t wake up every morning frustrated,” advised Jeff Thomas, CEO of Frontier Behavioral Health. Actually, you can, but it’s not healthy. Not for you or your family member living with mental illness. Last week’s column describing one family’s frustrations with the mental health system resonated with many families.
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