The British mystery writer Dick Francis has died. I liked his crisp, descriptive writing and thank him for introducing me, along with...

There’s an old story that if you’re headed for hell you’re going to have to change planes in Atlanta. True, except when its snowing. When...

David Letterman’s monologue hit a little close to home the other night. Dave said that things had gotten so bad at Toyota that the...

Seventy years after his death, William E. Borah has become a shadowy historic figure in his adopted state of Idaho. During the nearly 33...

A little more than 70 years ago, arguably the most famous political figure Idaho has ever produced – Senator William E. Borah – came home...

A terrific new exhibit focused on the history and culture of American Basques – Hidden in Plain Sight – premiered on the hallowed ground...

By now most of the world able to access the Internet, buy a newspaper or listen to the BBC knows that a group of Idaho missionaries is...

The curious ritual that has become a feature of a president’s State of the Union speech – the black robed justices of the United States...

J.D. Salinger (left) might have become the greatest American writer of the post-war period, but opted out of fame and as the New York...

Great piece in the Boston Globe today on why Massachusetts’ voters made the decisions they made recently; putting a Republican, Scott...

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

Some news on Friday that may give Idaho Human Rights advocates hope that the Idaho Legislature will craft a workable path forward for the...

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

It is hard to find in the recent history of the U.S. Senate a bigger upset than the game changer in Massachusetts yesterday. Republican...

While most of the nation’s governors have been serving up heaping helpings of bad news in the form of reductions in education spending,...

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

It has been 26 years since the death of Idaho’s acclaimed United States Senator Frank Church, but as I listened to the tributes for his...

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

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...

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,...