For months, a local opinion columnist in the Idaho State Journal has been raving about climate change and the politics surrounding the scientific phenomenon. I had, like many other casual readers, wondered why this topic had become his favorite. The columnist, a man by the name of Richard Larsen who [...]
Here is this week's installment of TGIF Tunes. This week features Damien Rice (with the fabulous Lisa Hannigan) on Letterman back in 2006 performing "I Remember" from his album 9. Probably not going to be posting until the first of next week and no, I'm not getting' [...]
This Thanksgiving as Americans reflect on the things they are thankful for, many will be counting among their blessings steady employment, good health, the safety of their family members and friends serving in the armed forces, and the very fact that they are able to sit down with their loved [...]
"Recently, I voted against moving ahead on a health care reform proposal. This legislation, drafted behind closed doors with only Democrats involved, is a massive government takeover that will drive up the cost of health insurance and medical care. The legislation passed on a strictly partisan vote of 60 to" [...]
With every passing year, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy becomes a distant memory. For those who were in Dallas that November day, it remains a memory they cannot escape. New generations of Americans have been introduced to the myth of Camelot and the political legacy of young John [...]
Yesterday was the 92nd birthday of Senator Robert C. Byrd (R-West Virginia), but his 92nd birthday came second to another great milestone in his life celebrated earlier in the week.
On Wednesday, Senator Byrd became the longest serving member of the United States Congress in history. Byrd, who has [...]
Over the weekend, Sisyphus of 43rd State Blues made some very good points regarding Congressman Walt Minnick and his dwindling Democratic base. Hopefully Sisyphus won't mind that I quote him extensively here, his points are more than worth repeating and succinctly illustrate the predicament Walt Minnick has created when' [...]
In the ongoing media frenzy and Fox News hysteria surrounding the tragedy at Fort Hood, a former Idaho nuisance is making himself known to the entire country by comments he has made via his American Family Association (AFA) radio show and blog. Bryan Fisher, former executive director of [...]
Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) sat down with the Moscow-Pullman Daily News for a story Sunday that contained some rather irritating quotes--quotes that spotlighted exactly why it is that progressive Democrats, Minnick's base, are frustrated with Minnick's voting record and may not support him for re-election.
Tonight on the Pocatello campus of Idaho State University, the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music" will be shown at both 6 and 8pm in the Bengal Theater (inside the Pond Student Union Building). Admission to the film is free.
The Rawlings Gold Glove awards have been handed out and break down as follows (parentheses note the number of awards won by each player):
National League: P: Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals (1st) C: Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals (2nd) 1B: Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego Padres (2nd) 2B: [...]
"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."-- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy [...]
Elie Wiesel has had a rough few years. However, being attacked by a Holocaust denier in 2007 and losing $15.2 million in his foundation's assets to Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme in 2009, hardly compares to the horrific months Wiesel survived at Auschwitz, Buna-Werke, and Buchenwald. Prior to Friday, it had [...]
In the final minutes of what was an entire day of debate on the floor of the House of Representatives, the American people were given the opportunity to witness both political cowardice and courage.
Though it may have been predetermined by a series of compromises, in the final minutes [...]
Just a few observations on the health care debate in the House specifically and a few others in general: I never thought I'd live to see the day the Republican Party would be so adamantly supportive and defensive of Medicare. Perhaps they need a history lesson. They should replace' [...]
Over at Daily Kos, mcjoan has recently commented on Congressman Jim Cooper (D-Tennessee) and his unwillingness to vote for strong, progressive health care reform. Cooper, mcjoan's "favorite anti-healthcare reform Blue Dog" Democrat, has a rough weekend ahead of him as the House is scheduled to vote on health care' [...]
It's been a long week and not out of the ordinary for long weeks, I found myself listening to a great deal of Seven Mary Three. Here is "Without You Feels" from their 2004 album Dis/Location.' [...]
As a follow-up to yesterday's post about the defeat of Mayor Chase here in Pocatello, let me address something about Chase's failed race that makes it unique and not necessarily a sign of the times, political or otherwise.
Adam Graham took the defeat of Mayor Roger Chase as [...]
Now that the Yankees have won their 27th franchise World Series and the baseball season has come to a sad close, it's time to start thinking about the awards. Sure, CC Sabathia was the American League Championship Series MVP, Ryan Howard his counterpart in the NLCS, and now Hideki' [...]
As d2 said yesterday, "[Mayor Roger] Chase is to Pocatello what Bieter has been to Boise - a progressive wonk's dream: good for business, better for quality of life issues." Not only is Roger Chase those things, he's an all around nice guy and one that has served this [...]
"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."-- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy [...] 
"We think of strangers as stronger and better than we are."-- John Steinbeck, East of Eden