Dumb of the Week: Now we’re eating pets?
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. 10 presidential debate between...
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GOP needs to uphold the integrity of electoral process
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 recent release of the...
A few thoughts… On being worried and enraged in 2024
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 go through an election...
The Lumber Jill: The antidote to fear
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 us to return with...
Idaho Congressional delegation responds to Trump impeachment
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 history to be impeached...
Staying the Course: Flood of Trump impeachment news doesn’t sway Idaho congressional delegation
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, D-Calif., continue to press...
Does Mike Pence have the patience of Job?
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 and actuates all in...
Let’s give all this hate a rest
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 predominantly black church just...
Sexually transmitted diseases at all-time high
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 years. In 2017, there...
A conversation with Sen. Jim Risch
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s been a tumultuous year and a half since U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R) sat down with the Reader shortly before the inauguration of President Donald Trump. He dropped...
