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Political Purity

With apologies to Reed Smoot – the Smoot of the Smoot-Hawley tariff – a once powerful U.S. Senator from Utah, by the weekend an even more...

Politics Still Ain’t Beanbag

Finley Peter Dunne was an Irish-American writer and humorist and the creator of a once-popular character – Mr. Dooley – who Dunne...

Fussing Over Polls – Part II

The image of the just re-elected Harry Truman holding the front page of the Chicago Tribune is one of the most recognizable photos and...

Fussing Over Polls

A new Rasmussen poll out last week, not surprisingly, shows Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter with a commanding lead over his Democratic...

Wait Until Next Year

The Idaho Legislature stumbled to adjournment on Monday after reducing state spending by 19% over the last two sessions. Now, you might...

The Sorry State of Idaho Democrats

I have started to believe that Idaho Democrats have been down for so long that they might be suffering from the Stockholm Syndrome....

Speaking Out For Human Rights

Dick Hackborn isn’t exactly a household name in his hometown of Boise, Idaho. Mention his name, however, in a room full of technology...

A Day for Human Rights

It is important to remember some of the context of those times. The white supremacist Aryan Nations still held court in northern Idaho...

Killing Off Big Bird…

Combined with other holdbacks, the reduction will be more like 33% in the first year. Otter’s idea has received extensive media attention...

Changing the Fabric of Idaho

When Idaho Governor Robert E. Smylie cut a deal with the wealthy Harriman family in 1965 to take title to the family’s fabulous Railroad...

The People’s House

Thousands of Idahoans toured the building this weekend as it officially re-opened on the eve of what may prove to be the most difficult,...

A Race for Idaho Governor – Part II

As the New Year unfolds, Idaho voters may experience something they haven’t often witnessed lately – an interesting gubernatorial...

A Race for Governor in Idaho

Since 1994, the Idaho Democratic Party has been living the truth of the old saying about insanity. The definition of insanity, it is...

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