By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Idahoans should be able to count on their leaders to fight for them in Washington. Instead, our Republican delegation has surrendered that duty, marching in lockstep behind President Donald Trump...
By Lauren Necochea and Sally TooneReader Contributors Family farms built Idaho and grew to feed the world, but they’re being pushed to the breaking point. President Donald Trump promised to fight for America’s farmers,...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Some very powerful metaphors came across the Dumb Desk this week, as we near the final months of the foul Year of our Lord 2025. First, in an apparent trolling...
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I came across a post on the “Sandpoint Local Forum” Facebook page from a woman outraged that an emergency contraception pill had been placed in the public bathroom of a...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff A few of our readers reached out after reading “Dumb of the Week” in the Sept. 4 edition to point out my claim that President Donald Trump buried his ex-wife...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Dumb springs eternal, and it feeds a well that will never run dry. Recent statements from President Donald Trump might have ended a politician’s career in years past. Now? Well,...
Now with more fascism than ever! By Ben OlsonReader Staff A lot of dumb has come from the United States’ descent into an authoritarian dystopia. Here’s what kind of “matter” hit the fan last...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff In Act 3 of Hamlet, the titular character has been acting mad to throw off suspicion that he knows his uncle Claudius murdered his father and married his mother. Claudius...
By Sen. Ali Rabe, D-BoiseReader Contributor Lately, some politicians and pundits — including The Wall Street Journal — have floated a quick fix to the housing crisis sweeping much of the country. Their solution...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor When someone’s health fails or a child is born with a disability, families step up. They cancel plans, quit jobs and do what needs to be done. But even the...
