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.…
It’s funny, and quite sad, how America is focused on short-term issues and continually fails to address long-term problems. Our highest priori…
All the excitement surrounding the 250th anniversary of America’s independence is now in the past. It was the Revolutionary War, of course, wh…
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…
Many of you probably read Chairwoman of the Republican Party Dorothy Moon’s opinion piece last week titled ‘The future is MAGA.’ And I’m sure …
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…


