Note: My column this week in the Lewiston, Idaho Tribune ———– Just when it seems that our politics can’t possibly produce yet one more...

“One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show...

“Imagine a NASCAR driver mentally preparing for a race knowing one of the drivers will be drunk. That’s what prepping for this debate is...

Putting the former political writer and columnist for the Idaho Statesman on his payroll just adds to Labrador’s fascinating spring and...

Rush Limbaugh apologized over the weekend for a choice of words that he admitted “was not the best,” a reference to his radio show...

You could not look at a website or pick up a paper over the weekend without seeing the nearly minute-by-minute coverage of the latest...

A friend of mine has always said he never feels more patriotic than on the day he files his tax return and most years ships off a check...

“Anger, hatred, bigotry” – the headline in the Sydney, Australia Morning Herald. “A disturbing story about American political culture” –...

The new Pew Research Center report dealing with where Americans turn for their daily news fix shows, not surprisingly, that the...

The Pew Research Center for People and the Press is out with a new survey about where we’re going for news and why and at least one of...

By now, I suspect, everyone in the country – except perhaps that escaped prisoner caught late last week in Arizona with his accomplice...

I’ve long been a believer that the best defense against what is often referred to as “the nefarious influence of money in politics” is...

James Fallows, the talented and insightful writer for The Atlantic, has a great piece in the current issue that might – just might – give...

Under either scenario, the buzz will dissipate quickly with the pundits and cable bloviators moving on to something else by about...

More proof this week of the fundamental changes taking place in the newspaper business. David Carr, a media commentator for The New York...

The cartoon from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch kinda says it all. Someday , I just know (if I live long enough), I’ll be able to say I was...

Boise State Radio, the NPR station covering much of southern Idaho, has produced a remarkable series of stories this week focused on how...

The death this week of Carter Administration press secretary Jody Powell got me thinking about how he (and Jimmy Carter) fashioned the...

The Pew Center is out with a new survey that may help explain some of the demise of the so called “main stream” media. As the chart...

Thoughtful commentary from Fort Hall, Idaho native Mark Trahant on the current health care debate. Trahant writes in Indian Country...