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Transgender woman Armen Memic of Missoula attempts to fit in with opponents of the proposed anti-discrimination ordinance outside Missoula City Council Chambers earlier this year. Hundreds turned out to let their voices be heard on both sides of the issue. Photo by MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian Blogger Patrick Gavin recently lamented the dismal “tweet record” of several [...]
In this Aug. 1, 2006 file photo, veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas sits front and center as she waits for President Bush’s Press Secretary Tony Snow to arrive for the daily briefing in the press briefing room in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Thomas abruptly retired Monday, according to [...] Susan Hay Patrick, chief executive officer of United Way of Missoula County, wrote a letter to the editor published in Friday’s Missoulian, lamenting the ugly comments sometimes posted on stories and letters on Missoulian.com. Those comments are, more often than not, written by folks who do not use their real name. Her letter prompted an interesting exchange [...] LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian If you’re out of town, or working, or homebound, this weekend, you can still take part in the Missoula Marathon – virtually. The Missoulian’s Web coverage of the 2010 marathon begins Saturday morning, when reporter Tristan Scott heads to Caras Park for the runners’ fair and race packet pickup. He’ll be filing reports [...]
Jewel Have you heard “The Missoula Song” by Jewel? “Do ya, do ya, wanna wanna wanna wanna, do you wanna come on down to the city of Missoula? On a summer day, the Clark Fork River’s gonna cool ya … “They’ll even school ya … in Missoula …” During her tour in June, Jewel wrote a song for [...] The Missoulian’s Big Rig blog is being touted by folks watching the growing controversy over the transportation of massive oilfield eqiupment from the Port of Lewiston, Idaho, to the Kearl oilfields of Canada – up Highway 12 and down Reserve Street in Missoula. The blog, presided over by reporter Kim Briggeman, collects information related to the [...] A Brown Pelican sits in heavy oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast Thursday, June 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) As the Gulf oil disaster continues, the danger of course is that the media, the nation’s [...]
WESTSIDEINDEPENDENT.COM A weekly newspaper has ruled the battle for Manhattan over, and declared the New York Times the victor. The Westside Independent says thieves at Starbucks cast the decisive blow, choosing to steal the NYT so frequently – even though the Wall Street Journal and USA Today were also available for five-finger discounts – that baristas [...] There’s a new blog in town, driven by Missoulian reporter Kim Briggeman: http://missoulian.com/special-section/big_rigs/. As in: Big Rig blog. This is the place to find all manner of stories related to the Kearl oil fields of Alberta, the big rigs that ExxonMobile wants to use to drive oilfield equipment up the Lochsa, over Lolo Pass, into and through [...] |
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Rush Limbaugh’s pants are on fire
At least once a week, I get a call from a reader asking why we haven’t published a “news story” they’ve heard on Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck or Bill O’Reilly.
In every case, I check into the request and give the reader a call back. In every case, at least so far, my response has [...]