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…
The official poverty rate in the United States dipped slightly by half a percentage point last year to a historic low of 10.2 percent, accordi…
Before leaving for Patagonia last December, I was in limbo regarding whether to continue my part-time legal consulting and mediation practice.…
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…
Idaho has ranked 13th in overall child well-being in a new national data set, making improvements teen pregnancy and child death rates, accord…
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…
The rate of Idaho babies, toddlers and preschoolers who don’t have health insurance rose 36 percent in recent years, leaving the state with th…
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…


