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Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: Justice for Zehm may finally come today

The sentencing of Karl Thompson Jr. will supposedly take place in a Spokane federal courtroom this morning, proving I had it all wrong. Apparently, there is a limit on how much justice-avoiding hocus-pocus a gang of defense shysters can get away with when the public is stuck signing the checks.
News >  Spokane

Clark: Friendship, hug are election night surprises

The Presidential Press Posse had just prowled into the Lair of Democrats in the Red Lion Hotel at the Park when a guy I barely know sidled up to me. “Heard there was quite a panic over where the GOP’s partying,” said the man, who identified himself as Rick Lloyd.
Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: Spooky costumes inspired by city’s scariest

Halloween arrives tomorrow, according to the tiny window on my Omega. But even at this late date, I know that many of you hyperactive parents are still fretting about what costume to make your kids wear so that the little tykes will score more candy than their friends when you drive them slowly through all the fat cat neighborhoods in town.
Doug Clark
Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: Thin-crust vision took thick skin

There are probably quicker ways to wind up in the poorhouse or on a psychiatrist’s couch, but running a restaurant has to be right up there. Research shows that three out of every five eateries will close in the first three years of operation.
Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: Certain mysteries better left unsolved

The latest hiccup in the quest to turn up Jimmy Hoffa fell flatter than a Keebler elf in a trash compactor. No moldy Hush Puppies or bits of decomposed leisure suit were tweezed from the dirt dug out of a backyard in suburban Detroit.
Doug Clark
Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: City watching its waste, but why?

It’s an awkward feeling when someone gives you a present and you have nothing to give back in return. Like last year, when Avista gave away all those boxes of curly, poison-filled light bulbs nobody wanted.
Doug Clark
Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: Bring on the Mayan apocalypse; I’ll be rocking

Today we’ll examine the importance of the “bug-out bag” and how much Spam you’ll need to cram into it in order to survive the coming collapse of civilization as we know it. Before getting to that, however, I feel I owe an apology to any dead Mayans who may have been offended when I scoffed at their predictions that the world will end shortly before Christmas to avoid the rush.