During my time at West Point, I learned that good leaders own their mistakes. They don’t deflect blame. They don’t mislead the people they ser…
There’s no sugarcoating it: Idaho is in a deep fiscal hole. Halfway through the fiscal year, we’re now $85 million below revenue projections a…
Sabine Siekmann was only 17 when she boarded her first plane in 1988, leaving Rotenburg, Germany, for Pocatello as a Rotary exchange student.
In Part 1, I wrote about what’s possible when lawmakers put partisanship aside and focus on solving real problems for real people. That’s The …
A Spokane Spanish teacher lost his job after he read aloud the ‘N-word’ from 'To Kill a Mockingbird’
A West Valley High School Spanish teacher lost his job after reading a passage from “To Kill a Mockingbird” that contained a racial slur.
In the southwest corner of our linoleum floored family room, rested a brown Naugahyde fabric Lazy Boy recliner. Overhead light was provided fr…
While watching a youth recreation league baseball game (14 and under age group) a couple nights ago, my wife and I made several observations. …
It is a truism that one must travel or live elsewhere to learn about your home. Like many small-town farm boys, I could not wait to get away f…
In the classic Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Clint Eastwood rides through a lawless frontier where everyone’s motives are questionab…
Ben Franklin tells a story of his youth when he came upon a few extra pence in his pockets. Eager to spend it, he rushed to a local shop where…
