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Paul Turner: The pie that divides us

Sun., Oct. 28, 2018

Spokane is torn in two, but it is not politics that divides us.

News >  The Slice

The Slice returns: Some blowhards are good people

Sun., Oct. 28, 2018

Seven months after Paul Turner’s The Slice column disappeared from the pages of the Today section, it’s back. Look for column monthly in Sunday Today.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Do the falling leaves of autumn make you dread the coming of winter?

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 22, 2018

What do falling leaves bring to mind?

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Natural selection and the Spokane squirrel

Sun., Oct. 21, 2018

There’s a problem with squirrels. They are fast, unpredictable and lack any real understanding of the threat to them posed by vehicular traffic.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: It’s Tuesday, right?

Tue., Oct. 16, 2018

Many people in Spokane don’t know what day of the week it is. And what’s more, many of them don’t really care.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: This Halloween heed the advice of third-graders and forget the toothbrushes and dole out lots of candy

Sun., Oct. 14, 2018

Third-graders offer suggestions to adults regarding Halloween.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Parking provides a trophy hunt in Spokane

Tue., Oct. 9, 2018

The key to life in Spokane is convenient parking.

News >  Features

Time travel conspiracy

Mon., Oct. 8, 2018

The past as prologue.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Goodbye, and thanks – it’s been a great ride.

Sun., Oct. 7, 2018

Paul Turner looks back on a long career with The Spokesman-Review, and says farewell.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: One last dance with Spokane Man

Thu., Oct. 4, 2018

My access to the S-R’s digital archives is about to get complicated.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Spokane’s new boosterism is tradition

Wed., Oct. 3, 2018

Spokane has had boosterism in its blood for a century.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Leave paddling in the dustbin of history

Mon., Oct. 1, 2018

My wife was at home and happened to be looking out a window one recent afternoon. She observed a minor traffic collision. The fault in the matter was quite clear. So she wanted to present herself as a witness.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Are you suffering from Octoberitis?

Sun., Sept. 30, 2018

So we have arrived at the eve of October.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: The rush to fireplace season

Thu., Sept. 27, 2018

There are two kinds of people in the Inland Northwest.

News >  Spokane

Landline exclusive: No political motives in hanging on to the house phone

Wed., Sept. 26, 2018

Today I would like to present a transcript of my exclusive interview with the last man in Spokane to still have a landline phone at home.

News >  Spokane

For the restroom-wary among us, RVs can offer respite

Tue., Sept. 25, 2018

Those who have road-tripped across the Inland Northwest know that public restrooms can make us wishful for an RV.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Lou Grant would hate my spunk

Mon., Sept. 10, 2018

Did you see that Lou Grant is scheduled to appear at North Idaho College on Wednesday?

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: 30 years of marriage is great, eh!

Sun., Sept. 9, 2018

My wife and I celebrate our 30th anniversary today.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: A support group for the HGTV-obsessed

Thu., Sept. 6, 2018

So I admit it.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Big talk before this Saturday’s EWU football game

Wed., Sept. 5, 2018

I suppose there are people who care about Big Sky Conference football. In fact, I’m almost sure of it. Seems as if I’ve met some of them. It’s just that in Spokane their fandom tends to get drowned out by the noise about Gonzaga basketball, WSU football and whatever. Which is fine. We Big Sky fans take a sort of pride in the absence of hype. Well, I do anyway.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Pig Out’s greatest hits

Mon., Sept. 3, 2018

In the time-honored tradition of summer reruns, here’s a greatest hits package of column items and excerpts dealing with Pig Out in the Park.

News >  Features

Bird is the word

Sun., Sept. 2, 2018

Near nature

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: The end of summer is a state of mind

Sun., Sept. 2, 2018

This holiday weekend is, of course, the traditional milestone. Still, I suspect some of us have our own perspectives.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: First day of school, take two

Thu., Aug. 30, 2018

The first day of school inevitably prompts some of us to wistfully contemplate do-overs.

Opinion >  Column

Paul Turner: Spokane resents public sector wages - especially when they’re higher

Wed., Aug. 29, 2018

There are a number of things that make people in Spokane angry. But I can tell you what’s near the top of the list: Public employees making high salaries.