By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor A good life should be affordable for working people. Your paycheck should allow you to put food on the table, afford a decent home and see a doctor when your...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Idaho’s license plates have changed many times over the years. Since 1928, the standard phrase on plates has been “Famous Potatoes,” and the default design is the red, white and...
INL cannot permanently store nuclear waste By Rep. Monica Church, D-BoiseReader Contributor There’s an old country expression my grandfather used to say: keep your eye on the rabbit, because a hunting dog that chases...
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist The overhead fan hums through my borrowed camper van, mixing with waves riding a Pacific wind. The air is cool and clean and thick with briny humidity. Sand and damp...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The high-tech backlash seems to be building — if not already upon us — and I’m here to report for duty. No less that Pope Leo XIV devoted his...
By Megan LekanderReader Contributor When Ben Lekander and Simeon Kubacz (aged 12) went on a family boat camping trip to Lee’s Point on Lake Pend Oreille, the last thing they expected was to discover...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff It’s been another Dumb week to be alive. Let’s dive into the sucking void, shall we?After months of President Donald Trump raging about “his” Reflecting Pool being damaged by “vandals,”...
By Rep. John GannonReader Contributor Idaho’s sales and property tax giveaways to Big Data centers — combined with their possible impact on utility costs — may become the largest subsidy since the 19th-century railroads....
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey proves the timelessness of Homer’s tale By Zach HagadoneReader Staff There’s no point in rehashing the specific plot points of The Odyssey. To the immortal credit of Homer (or whoever...
By Marcin ProkopReader Contributor I came to your corner of Idaho the way I try to come everywhere — without a thesis. My name is Marcin Prokop; back home in Poland I host a...
