By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Having the courage of your convictions should be a prerequisite for elected office. Yet courage seems increasingly rare in the Idaho Statehouse and U.S. Capitol. It doesn’t have to be...
By Jim JonesReader Contributor The framers of the U.S. Constitution would be saddened to see the constitutional scofflaws who are occupying space in Idaho’s congressional offices. Republican Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher gave...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff I don’t know about the rest of you people, but I could do with a breakage in our political fever at the midterms. It’s dire to imagine how little more...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor What political parties choose to fight for says a lot about their values and what they demand from elected leaders. At a recent Idaho Democratic Party meeting in Coeur d’Alene,...
By Jim JonesReader Contributor As a Republican for most of my adult life, including the eight years I served as Idaho attorney general in the 1980s, I did not always toe the party line...
By George EskridgeReader Contributor Scott Herndon proposes removal of Bonner County Republican Central Committee members for supporting candidates or expressing ideas contrary to “Republican values.” Herndon seeks political loyalty through political coercion. A political...
By Jim JonesReader Contributor It must be election season again because I’m seeing many down-home TV ads of Jim Risch wearing his cowboy uniform and tossing hay to his cattle — as well as...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Idaho deserves leaders who study the bills instead of simply deferring to the lobbyists pushing them. The debate over data centers shows why that matters. The 2020 legislative session was...
By K.L. HuntleyReader Contributor My much-loved sister and I grew up sharing everything from clothes to friends and faith philosophies. What we did not share in our adult lives was our political views. She...
Monopoly: The game of cumulative advantage By Tim BearlyReader Contributor “For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what...
