Robert's Rules: Selected Inlander Columns, 1994-2017

Since 1994, Robert Herold has been getting readers of the Inlander to nod in agreement or shake their heads in puzzlement in about equal doses. Collected here for the first time are some of his best columns, covering everything from goings-on down at Spokane City Hall (from the Lincoln Street Bridge to the Strong Mayor) to misadventures in Washington, D.C. (from Tom Foley to the Age of Trump). With side trips across vast historical landscapes, from the Battle of Gettysburg to the Gulf of Tonkin, and stopping off to reacquaint you with American icons like Edward R. Murrow and Abigail Adams, these 87 essays will take you back over the rugged terrain we've traveled these past three decades.