As I prepare to leave Idaho, and particularly Pocatello, I have been borderline maudlin. It is time to go, and new adventures are calling, but…
Before leaving for Patagonia last December, I was in limbo regarding whether to continue my part-time legal consulting and mediation practice.…
The beautiful American avocet. The Great Salt Lake supports 250,000 of them, about 56 percent of the global population, during fall migration.…
How often do you discover that something you believed was true is simply not the case? Take cork, for instance. For years, I harbored the beli…
Apparently, “The Art of the Deal” (when it comes to Trump) is that you blow up a solid treaty with Iran because it was brokered when Obama was…
If you are a bit stuffy, you might consider me inappropriate for commingling a memorial with other people, but Ralph will forgive me because h…
I have returned to the United States grudgingly after having been gone six months. During that time, I spent a month in the Patagonia region, …
It takes guts to challenge a sitting judge. The power of incumbency is hard to overcome, and in many instances, the public is not well-informe…
Oh, Brother Bill, “wherefore art thou?” I have spent the last month thinking about the horrific passing of Bill Bacon. The question plaguing m…
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is usually a predictable affair. Journalists and celebrities gather to reinforce their credentials as p…


