I went to college for creative writing. (Save your jokes. This column isn’t about millennial stereotypes.) One of my many writing classes focused on poetry. I remember it not for the quality of the class but for the day I admitted to Read More
Lots of hot button issues this week. Let’s dive in:A batch of anti-LGBTQ bills are moving forward in the House. H500, Rep. Ehardt’s bill to ban transgender women from playing on women’s high school and college sports teams, advanced to the full Read More
We have to ask: When did empathy become uncool? That’s the vibe coming from the Legislature this session. Idaho is facing actual, real challenges. Yet the Legislature seems to be focused on none of them. Our prison spending far outpaces our education Read More
Take a deep breath… it was another rollercoaster of a week in the Statehouse. Let’s get the bad stuff over with. 1) District 33 Rep. Bryan Zollinger introduced a bill banning all public funding for healthcare providers that also provide abortions. Our Read More
I’m from Iowa, which meant I was surrounded by Chicago Cubs fans. Before the Curse of the Goat was broken, I witnessed the emotional slide from cautious optimism to baffled disappointment, season after season, as the Cubs found new and familiar ways Read More
It’s the issue three-quarters of Idahoans want the Legislature to address: education. The latest Public Policy Survey from Boise State University revealed most Idahoans only give the state’s schools a passing grade. Idaho’s executive branch seems to agree. Gov. Brad Little declared Read More