Blue lady speaks out

Four hundred years ago Miguel de Cervantes created a protagonist who imagined himself a bold knight as he fought windmills he perceived...

I imagine most people in the valley are glad the primaries are over and they can get back to worrying about rainfall and other aspects of...

Idaho elections made the national news this week with Gov. Brad Little’s defeat of Trump-endorsed Janice McGeachin. That had to encourage...

“Every child has a right to be wanted.” That was the rallying cry of pro-abortion activists prior to the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. In...

If you study history, you know that grand intentions can backfire. The French Revolution ended, not with democracy, but with Emperor...

Last week I talked with a fellow Democrat confused by a postcard she’d gotten singling out one of the 46 Idaho representatives who’d...

Recently I attended a forum sponsored by the Star Chamber of Commerce that featured legislative candidates from the new District 10...

Any good history–especially of the past decade–should have a section of each chapter labeled “unintended consequences.” We’re fairly sure...

If you're glad this year’s legislature has wrapped things up and gone home, you’ve got 12 Democrats to thank. The legislature can’t go...

Last week CNN, ABC News, and the New York Times all carried news about Idaho politics. After all, our legislature is the first to mimic a...

Too many Idaho legislators know a lot about political strategies and party message but too little about the motivations and needs of...

Last week was memorable for many reasons. One–the fact the Ukrainians kept fighting–is of worldwide importance. Many of us heard for the...

I’m skeptical enough about education funding that, when I learned that Governor Little was proposing a $300 million increase (11%), I...

If Rep. Brent Crane is to be believed, the legislature is now in the doldrums where members avoid voting on anything divisive while they...

Republican legislators set out to pass bills on income taxes, abortion and guns every year to get positive notice, aka money, from...

Republican legislators want to make registering to vote more difficult by ending same-day registration and limiting accepted ID.