Staff Columnists
Alvord: Insensitive gym poster spurs wild accusations
Kelso citizens can log on to www.columbian.com right now and read about what a rude, redneck, racist community they live in.
Feb 08, 2010 | 9:45 pm | (3) Comments
Zimmerman: We're the only ugly part of Boyle's story
A friend recently sent out the YouTube link showing Susan Boyle's now-famous turn on "Britain's Got Talent."
Feb 06, 2010 | 11:45 pm | (0) Comments
Capitol Dispatch: Revenue picture about to come into focus
A proposal to raise about $30 million a year by applying the sales tax to candy has been an often-written story this session. But when Gov. Chris Gregoire was asked about the idea last week, she looked exasperated. She needs hundreds of millions of dollars to fix the budget to her liking.…
Feb 06, 2010 | 11:00 pm | (6) Comments
Alvord: Time again for our great American 'big game'
At around 11:45 a.m. today, the students and faculty at the University of Alberta will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the largest game of dodgeball.
Feb 04, 2010 | 10:35 pm | (2) Comments
Stepankowsky: Increasing civility on civic circle no easy task
Mess with traffic flow in this town, and motorists are bound to lay on their horns of discontent.
Jan 30, 2010 | 11:45 pm | (0) Comments
Capitol Dispatch: Bipartisan efforts on budget appear unlikely
It's one-third of the way through the 60-day legislative session, and ruling Democrats have taken small steps toward balancing the state's budget — steps mostly jeered by minority Republicans.
Jan 30, 2010 | 10:15 pm | (3) Comments
Alvord: MM boss Bakamus gets call from Hall
Bill Bakamus' parents make it to a few more of their son's basketball games these days.
Jan 29, 2010 | 11:10 pm | (1) Comments
Stepankowsky: A wish list for local waterways
My teenage daughter had a short Christmas wish list this year.
Jan 23, 2010 | 11:45 pm | (1) Comments
Capitol Dispatch: Rulings don't help budget
What do mortgages, canned chili and Avon ladies have in common?
Jan 23, 2010 | 10:45 pm | (1) Comments
Alvord: What makes men happy? You don't want to know
Ladies, are you having trouble understanding what makes men tick? What makes them truly happy?
Jan 20, 2010 | 10:00 pm | (2) Comments
Alvord: Horror strikes us dumb -- some dumber than others
My first reaction to the television news coverage of the disaster in Haiti was this: How many of those form-fitting dark T-shirts does CNN's Anderson Cooper own, anyway?
Jan 16, 2010 | 11:45 pm | (4) Comments
Capitol Dispatch: Zarelli wants to shift potential federal aid to pension fund
The Democratic approach to the state's $2.6 billion budget deficit took shape last week: Cut some programs, nibble at "revenue enhancements" and, most of all, wait for federal lawmakers to come to the rescue.
Jan 16, 2010 | 10:15 pm | (5) Comments
Column: Web, gadgets are music to our ears
Of all the things I am grateful for on the Internet, music tops the list.
Jan 09, 2010 | 11:45 pm | (1) Comments
Capitol Dispatch: What can Zarelli do to help right the ship?
Sen. Joe Zarelli talks about the state budget rapidly and intensely, like a man who has a lot to say about something and knows he won't have the floor for long or help make the decisions.
Jan 09, 2010 | 11:15 pm | (5) Comments
FitzSimmons: For better or worse, online discussion forums still evolving
Often, when I talk with people about The Daily News and our Web site, tdn.com, the conversation turns to the "blogs."
Jan 02, 2010 | 11:50 pm | (6) Comments
Lystra: The juror
The man plopped down in a chair and looked defiantly toward the judge.
Dec 27, 2009 | 12:20 am | (10) Comments
Zimmerman: When death interrupts, life should stop for a while
Only in the abstract would I consider myself an hourglass, but when I read one morning last week that Michelle Garcia had died, that's what I felt like.
Dec 20, 2009 | 12:05 am | (3) Comments
Stepankowsky: Race to woo tourist traffic should be on
One of the raps against Mount St. Helens as an attraction is that it doesn't hold visitors here overnight, so tourists spend their money on hotels, restaurants and entertainment at other destinations.
Dec 13, 2009 | 1:10 am | (3) Comments
Borgaard: New mammogram advice is 'phooey'
The news earlier this month that a federal panel of doctors and scientists have issued new guidelines regarding what age and how frequently women should have mammograms is confusing and alarming for many of us.
Nov 29, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Jenkins: 'We will be making cuts nobody ever dreamed of'
When things go sour for Washington’s budget, they go sour fast. It’s happened before, and it’s happening again. A budget shortfall that was a puny couple hundred million dollars at the beginning of the summer has grown to $2.6 billion.
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
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