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Perhaps one of the most contentious words in the American political lexicon is the A word… Abortion. The word elicits strong emotions across t…

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Way back a half-century ago, when I arrived at the University of Idaho, the cost of a higher education was not a big concern.

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State supreme court decisions about acceptable language used to define ballot initiatives — an issue not just in Idaho but elsewhere too — may…

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I couldn’t tell you what I had for dinner last night, but I remember September 11, 2001.

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Darrell Manning, who died last month at 94, was smack in the middle of Idaho’s hot and pivotal politics of the 60s. He served four terms as a …

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I have a solid and satisfying correspondence with a history professor friend in Pennsylvania. His name is Dave. We write each other about what…

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We know what Idaho voters — in the aggregate — thought of Donald Trump in the last three presidential elections: They backed him 66.9 percent …

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You watch the bus go by and take it for granted. Most people do, most of the time, whether we use it at the moment or not.

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ead the fine print and pay attention to the stuff they tell you at the end of the pitch.