By Rep. Brooke Green, D-BoiseReader Contributor Becoming a mother has been the greatest gift. My husband and I know the struggle of infertility — from the emotional highs and lows of in vitro fertilization...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Contributor Most residents of the area seem eager participants in anything with a proximity to crepes, beer or live music, so I was recently surprised when someone asked me, “But...
By Lauren Necochea Reader Contributor Liberty and justice are under attack as the Trump regime’s assault on due process and unlawful deportations escalates. It’s happening in plain sight, with little to no resistance from...
By Bob McKeon Reader Contributor Well, are you all paying attention yet? Fifty million of our tax dollars just got stripped from us and our underfunded public schools by our deaf governor. The majority...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the many casualties of our present calamitous day is the quality of nuance. Power has a way of flattening the variability of ideas, regardless of whether that power...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff On a powder day, nothing else really matters. It’s midweek and there are about five inches of fresh snow on the ground. The sun pokes through the ethereal haze...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If you toss a water balloon into a crowd of Idahoans, chances are you’ll hit someone wearing a shirt that has something about “freedom” written on it. Perhaps it’s...
By Randy Worrall Reader Contributor American veterans share three things: a deep love for our nation, a shared oath to the Constitution and an understanding that the freedoms we enjoy are worth defending at...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist It’s Fourth of July week, and I watch familiar scenes unfold like a Wes Anderson film, one whip pan after another. The woman stocking up on cheese in the...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff I blame Twilight on the Puritans. Vampires have featured in American culture and media for centuries, but never more so than in the past 50 years, with smash-hits like...
