Friday's Loose Thread
Here's the last thread of the week. Use it wisely.
Matter of Opinion archive for Oct. 2009
FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 2009
THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2009
Thursday's Loose Thread 4
Let's just call it heavenly dandruff or pretend it didn't happen.What are your thoughts today?
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 2009
Wednesday's Loose Thread 115
Halloween costumes. Palin is so last year. Who will be the scary pol this year?Thoughts on this or other topics?
TUESDAY, OCT. 27, 2009
Tips for the modern pundit 54
You, too, can be a pundit, but the rules have changed. Here's helpful hints from the Washington Post's Gene Weingarten.Example:"Rule 3: Being a modern pundit is like being a microwave oven -- it's about heat, not light. The current debate in America, for example, isn't…
Tuesday's Loose Thread 1
Been reading "The Big Burn" by Timothy Egan (grew up in Spokane). It's about the onset of the Forest Service, the fierce battles to oppose setting aside public land and the huge fire that turned public sentiment to the foresters.Find it odd that Heyburn State…
MONDAY, OCT. 26, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread 97
Green Bluff. Pumpkin doughnuts. Get on it.What's on your mind today (other than a Carpenters' song)
FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 2009
Friday's Loose Thread 5
Collect up those random musings and post them here.
THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 2009
Thursday's Loose Thread 48
Cloudy. No chance of meatballs. So I have to speak with high school kids wiith an alleged interest in journalism. What advice should I give?What else is on your mind today?
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 2009
Wednesday's Loose Thread 4
Don't like the topics in the other threads? Then test drive your ideas here.
Female leaders, pledge drives, public option 1
Three topics in today's Smart Bombs. Noticed this morning that the KPBX hosts smoothly folded the column into their pitches. Dang, they are good. Was also glad that they took the comment in the right spirit.Thoughts on these topics?
Vaccination consternation 2
Here's Our View on the H1N1 vaccinations.What's your view? Will you or your kids be getting inoculated?
TUESDAY, OCT. 20, 2009
Tuesday's Loose Thread 23
The Web site was experiencing technical difficulties yesterday. Sorry about that.So what's up today?
MONDAY, OCT. 19, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread 4
So it's come to this. NEW YORK—According to a report published this week in American Journalism Review, 93 percent of all newspaper sales can now be attributed to kidnappers seeking to prove the day's date in filmed ransom demands.
SUNDAY, OCT. 18, 2009
Election endorsements
Here is a link to S-R endorsements in selected races.
FRIDAY, OCT. 16, 2009
Friday's Loose Thread 1
Last call for alcohol. Last chance for dance.Those were the daze. Any thoughts on the issues of the day?
THURSDAY, OCT. 15, 2009
Thursday's Loose Thread 3
The Lost Decade of investing. That's what Dow 10,000 signifiesAnyone buy this book? Or that one? Did they offer refunds?Thoughts on this and anything else?
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14, 2009
City worker pay 44
I had my say on the reluctance of police to practice shared sacrifice. The loss of 22 officers looms, says the mayor. This is an issue with firefighters and other employee unions, too.UPDATE: County seeking concessions, too.Thoughts?
Wednesday's Loose Thread 5
Well, the health care bill moves to the Senate floor. Is it a big deal that a single GOP senator has signed on? I don't quite understand the importance of that. It's not like she's beloved in conservative circles, where she's long been considered a…
TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 2009
Tuesday's Loose Thread 2
Forty-six degrees (this morning) never felt so warm. Thoughts?
MONDAY, OCT. 12, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread 38
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and thus started the male tradition of never asking for directions.Thoughts on this chilly day?
Short and sweet 6
Of all the editorials published around the country about President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, the most concise is probably this one from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock: Enough said What is one to say on hearing that the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize has been…
FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 2009
Friday's Loose Thread 49
No Olympics, but a Nobel Peace Prize. What a difference a week makes. Instant analysis here.Discuss this or other items of interest here.
THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 2009
Council candidates debates 20
Take this link and you can hear Amber Waldref and Mike Fagan debate the issues.Karen Kearney vs. Nancy McLaughlin here.Jon Snyder vs. Mike Allen here.Who do you support in these racea and why?
Thursday's Loose Thread 1
Is there really no interest in local elections? It's a bit odd to me that a blog in Spokane is dominated by discussion of what goes on nationally and internationally. Local elections don't matter?Thoughts on this and other issues here.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 2009
Local elections
Any thoughts on local races? General election ballots will be mailed out next Wednesday. You'll begin to see S-R endorsements this week and next for Spokane County races. There's a Spokane Valley council debate tonight at 7 CenterPlace (at Mirabeau, near the Valley YMCA). Be…
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