Life After Hot Potatoes:

As many of you know now, I bid adieu to Hot Potatoes Sunday. After 10 years and 1,000 columns, I needed a break. And I wanted to do something else. My new role will blend something old (Huckleberries, of course, and three editorials per week) with something new: full-length column and blogging.

This blog is a work in progress. And now has four daily features that I'll continue: the morning Quick Fix Six (which culls the top conservative Web sites to give you the rest of the story behind the morning's headlines); Best of the Northwest (a mid-morning roundup of important Northwest stories); Lunch Specials (Top News of the Day); and Parting Shot (personal thoughts at the end of the day). I also plan to print on-line letters from readers. And publish responses from a Question of the Week.

Please let me know if you have problems opening the site. Or any links. And please forward any ideas that I can use to improve this site.