Good evening, Netizens... At my ripening age in life, I am constantly surrounded by a mix of old and true friends, and a few ghosts that drift aimlessly around my memories giving me vast and plentiful memories of my past. What is perhaps most-distressing to…
Good morning, Netizens... Egods, it's just after 1:00 AM and as often is my habit, I have crawled forth from my bed-cave to answer an old man's natural call and check the news wires after an otherwise very arduous and terribly sad day of mayhem…
Good morning, Netizens... First, a bit of case law: The case is Wallace et al v. ConAgra Foods Inc, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, No. 12-01354. Now mind you, I have always wondered about the advertising for Hebrew National Hot Dog brand. I have…
Good morning, Netizens... Vladimir Putin has never truly been a choir boy for democracy, or so suggests cartoonist extraordinaire David Horsey. In fact, aside from having served as a former KGB agent, Putin is as diabolical and just plain mean-spirited as the Russians were during…
Good morning, Netizens... In case you slept completely through it, last night we had one of Spokane's occasional thunderstorms, complete with sporadic heavy rains and hail. Having lived in the Midwest and portions of the Deep South, I suppose last night's thunderstorms weren't really all…
Good evening, Netizens... I have not met former detective Tony Bamonte although I have spoken with him by phone a number of times. My thoughts regarding his involvement in matters relating to the City of Spokane and its our city's history of malfeasance and corruption…
5/24/2012 DELIVERED IN PERSON Tony Bamonte 1308 E. 29th Avenue Spokane, WA 99203 Spokane Mayor David Condon Spokane City Attorney Nancy Isserlis City of Spokane, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Spokane, WA 99201 Dear Mayor Condon and City Attorney Isserlis: Recent developments have exposed criminal…
Good morning, Netizens... Last night the Use of Force Commission met and heard testimony on recommendations for enhancing police accountability. The sad part is that none of the Spokane news media were in attendance, despite the number of reasons they should have been. However, former…
Good afternoon, Netizens... Ray Bradbury, one of my personal heroes, a Pulitzer Prize winning writer who paved the road of imagination for an entire generation of those who still believe in its power, has died at age 91 yesterday, and I fear the world of…
Two local servicewomen who posed for photos in uniform as they breast-fed their children say they have been silenced by superiors. The photos, meanwhile, have spread across the Web amid a fresh wave of debate about breast-feeding in public. The photos were part of a…
Spokesman-Review readers blog about news and issues in Spokane written by Dave Laird.
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