Tidal changes of the inland sea
By Ben OlsonReader Staff When a billy goat or ram is castrated, it’s known as a wether. Because they are sans family jewels, they have less testosterone, making them less aggressive and easier to...
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My brain is shrinking; is yours?
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Whether you’re reading the news, writing the news, watching the news or surviving the events that make up the news, it’s currently impossible to live a stress-free life. That’s the...
The Pro-Voice Project hosts statewide seminar
By Reader Staff The Pro-Voice Project will host “Courage in the Face of Fear: Social Justice Elders on the Importance of Speaking Out,” a live seminar and Q&A session bringing together national experts on...
Keep your eye on the rabbit, Idaho
INL cannot permanently store nuclear waste By Rep. Monica Church, D-BoiseReader Contributor There’s an old country expression my grandfather used to say: keep your eye on the rabbit, because a hunting dog that chases...
Dumb of the Week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff It’s been another Dumb week to be alive. Let’s dive into the sucking void, shall we?After months of President Donald Trump raging about “his” Reflecting Pool being damaged by “vandals,”...
The property tax promise that’s built to fail
How Scott Herndon turns voter outrage into a fundraising engine, and why that’s the whole point By Gregory GrafPolitical Potatoes Kill the property tax. That’s the pitch. You own your home. You paid for...
The road ahead is getting rougher for Idahoans
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor A strong state needs strong infrastructure. Roads and bridges connect workers to jobs, products to markets and communities to opportunity. When infrastructure is neglected, the economy falls behind too. And...
Voting rights were a Republican thing, but with SAVE Act, they’re now in the GOP’s rearview mirror
By Jim JonesIdaho Capital Sun Voting rights in America were a Republican thing for more than 100 years, but the GOP made an about-face on the issue beginning with President Richard Nixon’s “Southern strategy.”...
A few thoughts… About geology and resistance
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist Forty years ago, I brought a friend home who had grown up in a Texas city and never been to the Northwest. We drove north on I-15 to Butte, then...
Dumb of the Week: Bread, circuses and Brawndo
By Ben OlsonReader Staff There are occasional times in history when an event perfectly encapsulates the time in which it occurred. The “Freedom 250” UFC fight staged on the White House lawn on June...
