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- Issue of
- Jul 1-7, 2010
- Vol. 17, No. 38
News & Comment
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- News
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Strong Arm of the Law
What happens when someone complains a cop used excessive force? Usually, not much.
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- News
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Fourth of July: By the Numbers
How big are your shells?
- News
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A History of Violence
The nature of law enforcement is dangerous. Sometimes it ends in violence. Here's a selection of incidents in Spokane County during the last 15 years.
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- News
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Oil and Cop-Watching
Idahoans don't seem too enamored of oil gear mucking up their highways, and the Spokane City Council actually voted on stuff.
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- News
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Palin's Picks
The former VP candidate has her sights on Northwest races, but what does her endorsement really mean?
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- Comment
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Professor Hank
Classes are too large, teaching assistants too uneven, professors too inaccessible.
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- Comment
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Accounted For
For census takers, there’s a bit of schooling involved in learning how to count everybody.
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- Comment
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Spirit of '76
Happy 2nd of July. (Yeah, you read that right.)
Culture & Food
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- Arts & Culture
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'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest,' Stieg Larsson
After nearly 1,800 pages, the Millennium Trilogy fails to pull off a satisfying conclusion.
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- Arts & Culture
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Outsider Artists
If artists are vendors, are we just consumers? This month’s Saranac show is both cutesy and disturbing.
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- Arts & Culture
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Pretending To Be Mean
In the CdA production of Cinderella, Ellen Travolta is playing her sisters’ mother. But then, she’s used to bossing them around.
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- Arts & Culture
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On Deck
The Spokane Indians aren’t worried about the season’s slow start — they’re confident their time will come.
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- Food & Drink
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A Bit of Italy in Browne's
Plus, boat-in dining in Sandpoint.
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- Food & Drink
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Fire in the Hole
This little clay oven pizza trailer went to market.
Music & Film
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- Music
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'Something for Everybody,' Devo
Their name stands for devolution, and their new album examines humans' backward development.
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- Music
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Instru-metal
Chicago’s Russian Circles are a great band — and by adding Brian Cook, they are even better.
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- Music
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'Future Breeds,' Hot Hot Heat
Hot Hot Heat needs resuscitation — and this new album isn't it.
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- Film
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
A universe of action revolving around a supernova of different styles.
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- Film
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Children of the Night
Vampires are sensitive, werewolves are decisive and girls are idiots. Nice message, Twilight.
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- Film
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Unthinkable
Nuclear terrorism? Lopping off fingers? Seen it...
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- Film
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Baby Craving
In Mother and Child, adoption warps lives, then heals them.
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- Film
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The Good Guys
An odd couple in an odd world.