I was riding slowly, so it was not going to be an issue. But the little girl walking ahead of me beneath the tree-branch canopy on 40th looked like she might be about to veer across the street right in front of me. And that's…
I was walking over to Thai on 1st for a long-planned lunch with a friend. A woman on a bike waved at me. Thoughtfully realizing I might not recognize her because of her helmet and sunglasses, she said "Hi, Paul -- it's Suzi Hokonson." I…
Nobody asked me. But I cannot say that I approve of people being allowed to post anonymous online comments on letters to the editor written by SR readers required to use their real names.
I don't know the answer. So I'm asking. Has there ever been a time in Spokane when picking up a television signal from Canada was pretty standard? As I kid, I lived reasonably close to the Canadian border (closer than Spokane is) in two different…
Today's print column asked if any readers had competed against someone in high school who wound up being a professional athlete. One of my regular correspondents, Gary Polser, noted that he had been on the track team at California's Clovis High School (outside Fresno) with…