The Spovangelist

By The Apostate I hope this fourth post involving young people and politics really gets the point across. Young people need to shake off the apathy, vote and contribute. Do I really need to bring the statistics in to this again? Or can I consider you spooked enough to get involved? This November holds several [...]

What would Spokane’s Referendum 71 results have looked like if our local Approve campaign had benefited from all the fervor stirred up in response to Thursday’s visit by the Westboro “Baptist Church”? Think about it. Before we spend time and energy decrying the outlandish statements of a few Fred Phelps followers, perhaps we should take [...]

Water is sacred in Spokane, just as it is in many places around the world. We like to boast about our precious aquifer, indulge in enormous lawns that we maintain throughout the hottest months of the summer, and go to the lake (if we can afford it). Today is Blog Action Day. Because I’m a sucker [...]

Last week I sat in on a LaunchPad Social Media panel with Chris Pirillo at the Crosby Theater. Between Bill’s cheeky sense of humor and Chris’s propensity to shock and opine, the audience went home thoroughly edutained at the end of the night. Photo by Mark Anthony I knew I had a unique perspective on [...]

There is a new bar on 2nd and Cedar called the Kick Ass Saloon. Apparently the owners thought it too offensive to display the word “Ass” on their signage, so a Ren and Stimpy style donkey with obscenely large testicles takes its place. Make of it what you will.