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Head-shakingly ridiculous describes the reactions of some attendees at a recent professional development workshop on the Clean Buildings Act.

Dear Kiantha,

Querida Kiantha,

The post-convention results of candidate endorsements are going to leave some newbies to the political process disillusioned. As Inigo Montoya said in “The Princess Bride,” “You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.”

The Spokesman-Review

Dear Kiantha,

Earth Day is an annual reminder of our connection to the planet. How we define that relationship depends on where we see our place in the universe. What is our responsibility for the Earth and how do we live it out?

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the year in which the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council was started.

In this election season, our newsfeeds will be flooded with stories about the culture wars. In the 1980s, when I was growing up, these issues were shaped by what was then a new force in politics, leaders of the religious right. As a kid in this era, I was strangely fascinated with the radio show “Focus on the Family,” a precursor to the booming right-wing media landscape that exists today.

Dear Kiantha,

It is hard to overlook the big white house at 104 W. Eighth Ave. on the way to the front door of Sacred Heart Medical Center. The challenge to saving “Mary’s Place” is location, location, location. To the dismay of Spokane historic preservation aficionados, Mary’s son and heir George Alex took out a demolition permit last year.

Dear Kiantha,