Dumb of the week — extended edition
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There is an entire corner of the internet dedicated to the art of the self-own. It seems we all can’t get enough of seeing someone …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There is an entire corner of the internet dedicated to the art of the self-own. It seems we all can’t get enough of seeing someone …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It takes a special brand of dumb to make it into this column. Today’s topic reaches a whole new level in the stratosphere.
The Sept. …
By Dan Gookin
Reader Contributor
Data is important. Especially in the realm of Idaho politics, where fear and innuendo dominate the landscape.
A case in point is found in the …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
It’s time to write something clever about the new year. Or at least something. We get an extra day in 2024, and we get to …
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
MAGA flags flapped atop their twin flagpoles as we chatted amicably with our clients. They showed us to their riverfront beach, provided chairs, invited …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A simple majority of U.S. House members voted Dec. 18 to impeach President Donald Trump, making him only the third chief executive in United States …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Party loyalty and loyalty to the person of the president are more important than ever to Republicans, as House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“I form the light, and create darkness.
I make peace, and create evil.
I the Lord do all these things.”
—Isaiah 45:7 (KJV)
“God moves …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The past week has just been awful in America.
A man who killed two people in a Kentucky grocery store last Wednesday allegedly entered a …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The Centers for Disease Control has just released preliminary data on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and they show a dramatic increase in infections over four …
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