Bottom Lines Columnist Jim Kershner’s Take On The News

Just say no to physics

Surely the City Council won’t go crazy tonight and approve the Pacific Science Center proposal. We must keep Riverfront Park - indeed all of Spokane - as an education-free zone.

The zany City Council show

That wacky Chris Anderson continues to entertain his fans on his channel 5 sitcom, “The Spokane City Council.” Tonight’s episode: Chris calls his fellow council members “despicable.” Hilarity ensues.

Can innocence survive?

Savor the purity and innocence of the State B basketball tournament while you can. The way things are going in American sports, the B players may hold out next year for a cut of the endorsement cash.

You don’t like it, take a hike

The Bloomsday entry fee jumps from $7 to $8 this year. Anybody who doesn’t like it can get their money’s worth by running 8 miles instead of 7.

Next step, an unbalanced budget amendment

The balanced budget amendment went down to defeat, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a worthy idea. If the Bill of Rights were introduced today, it would probably be filibustered to death.

The smoking quark

Scientists have finally found the elusive “top quark.” It was stuffed in a manila envelope and presented as evidence at the O.J. trial.

Doesn’t she have enough on her mind?

Speaking of the O.J. trial, poor Marcia Clark will now have to fight to keep custody of her children. Rosa Lopez testified that she saw them playing, unsupervised, in O.J.’s white Ford Bronco.

What? You expected a photographic memory?

Or maybe not. Rosa’s memory’s not so good.

The kinder, gentler chain gang

I can’t understand why the ACLU is upset about Alabama reviving the chain-gang concept. This is just a way to facilitate convict togetherness and sharing.