Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville and Rep. Lynn Schindler, R-Otis Orchards, visited with the editorial board today. They talked about the budget mostly. But we did have a good conversation about the $250 family leave stipend, guaranteed for five weeks for parents of newborns and adopted…
I will do my level best to avoid sophomoric double entendres in discussing the latest D.C. scandal. Seems there is this escort service that has been charged with doing more than escorting. The operator of this business denies that it is a prostitution ring. She…
Here's your chance. If you can tear yourself away from what's supposed to be a pleasant weekend, post a comment here that raises issues you think people ought to be talking about.
... is that he might be right about Iraq. The trouble with the debate about the war is that it's gotten sidetracked on whether it was appropriate or wise for the Senate majority leader to have said:"And as long as we follow the President's path…
The Matrix report says the city of Spokane could stand to lose 10 police officers. In 2005, voters approved a temporary property tax increase to, among other things, forestall layoffs at the Police Department. Meanwhile, Mayor Hession says he will let that tax lapse.So, did…
"If the argument against a scheduled withdrawal from Iraq is that the other side will simply wait us out before resuming their agenda, then it holds true that a scheduled surge will produce the same results." This is a favorite subject for letter writers, though…
"Many people have written letters questioning the appropriateness of Frank Knott’s use of the word ‘colored’; some defending and some criticizing. This is certainly an important but obviously divisive subject and so I think we would all like to see this issue resolved. Perhaps we…
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Gas in stations along my morning commute on Northwest Boulevard in Spokane was selling for $2.94 a gallon today. Wow. And that was the cheapest stuff.In our editorial board meeting today with Gov. Chris Gregoire, she commented on the announcement of the state investigation into…
Don Bartletti/Los Angeles TimesIn a Los Angeles Times article reprinted in The Spokesman-Review this morning, Sun Desert, Calif., neighbors expressed their outrage re: Duane Hagadone's $30M, 64,000sf home that interviews with the Santa Rosa Mountains view shed. What do you think about a home of…
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Shortly after the killing spree at Virginia Tech, Sen. Paul Shinn, a soft-spoken and respected member of the Washington Legislature, rose on the Senate floor in Olympia. He wanted to tell his colleagues how painful it was to him to learn that a fellow Korean…
The fact box in today's editorial on how safe your child is against sexual abuse while outside the home -- for instance during school activities or in church and community groups -- referred readers to a safety checklist for children and adolescents. Parents answer yes…
One of the more interesting things about working on an editorial board is we get to meet people doing interesting things in the world.Today, retiring WSU president V. Lane Rawlins came in with the man who is replacing him, Elson Floyd.Our 40-minute conversation covered a…
NPR had a story the other day on how the profusion of media hasn't meant an increase in awareness of current events. The Pew people polled folks in 1989 and in 2007. Asked them the same questions.People aren't any better informed now than they were…
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