On one memorable occasion years ago I ran into Hansen as he struggled to squeeze his six foot, six inch, nearly 300 pound frame into an...

On one memorable occasion years ago I ran into Hansen as he struggled to squeeze his six foot, six inch, nearly 300 pound frame into an...

Our short attention span is illustrated by how easily and quickly we jump from crisis to crisis, news story to scandal on a daily,...

Our short attention span is illustrated by how easily and quickly we jump from crisis to crisis, news story to scandal on a daily,...

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

[Paris] – The chance to spend a few weeks in France this summer provided both the time and the detachment to reflect – on politics, the...

Tenth in a series from Europe… And what more exotic destination than Istanbul or, better yet, Constantinople. From the 1880’s until the...

Tenth in a series from Europe… And what more exotic destination than Istanbul or, better yet, Constantinople. From the 1880’s until the...

Evans, from a pioneering Idaho family, was both blessed by political luck and beguiled by his political circumstances. It was his good...

Ninth in a series from Europe… The French are famous, or depending upon your point of view notorious, for their attempts to protect the...

Ninth in a series from Europe… The French are famous, or depending upon your point of view notorious, for their attempts to protect the...

[Paris] – On a European scale the apparatus of daily life – the kitchen gadgets, the automobiles and, yes, the household appliances – are...

[Paris] – On a European scale the apparatus of daily life – the kitchen gadgets, the automobiles and, yes, the household appliances – are...

[Paris] – We are not always able to precisely identify the exact moment when some overarching event changed the world. History is rarely...

[Paris] – We are not always able to precisely identify the exact moment when some overarching event changed the world. History is rarely...

[Paris] – I have been thinking about – and eating – strawberries. I bought my strawberries last weekend from a fruit stall along the Rue...

[Paris] – I have been thinking about – and eating – strawberries. I bought my strawberries last weekend from a fruit stall along the Rue...

[Port en Bessin, Normandy] – We’ve all heard the classic stereotype frequently attached to the French; they’re cool – even cold –...

He certainly didn’t look like much of a ballplayer. He lacked the classic physique of a DiMaggio or an Aaron, but with a bat in his hands...

He certainly didn’t look like much of a ballplayer. He lacked the classic physique of a DiMaggio or an Aaron, but with a bat in his hands...