I normally try to avoid tit for tat when writing my columns. Reacting to other columnists does little to make life better for the people of Idaho. That being said, I could not let go unanswered the comparison of Lt. Gov. McGeachin Read More
What’s that old proverb/curse about “interesting times”? Well, we certainly are embroiled in our own interesting times. I am not accustomed to saluting or congratulating persons of the Republican Party. But I have to salute several who have chosen to fulfill their Read More
The Legislature has adjourned (sort of) for this year. Now it is time for our leaders to come home and talk with all their constituents. Idaho Senate Chaplain Doug Armstrong recently published a letter to the editor in which he described how Read More
“The stability of a republican form of government depending mainly upon the intelligence of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature of Idaho, to establish and maintain a general, uniform, and thorough system of public free common schools.” — Read More
As many of you did, I expected this session of the Idaho Legislature to be over by now. I know that I am ready for it to be over. Ready to breathe a collective sigh of relief and take time to evaluate Read More
If you’ve ever rafted or rowed a drift boat down the 26 miles of the canyon section of the South Fork of the Snake River from Conant Landing to the Heise area east of Idaho Falls with its sweeping cliffs, sightings of Read More