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OPINION: The party’s over, life goes on
Recently, I sent a note to editors and friends saying I was stepping aside from column writing and pursuing other …
PLANT NOTES: Mountain Lover
Plant Notes from the Arboretum Mountain Lover (Paxistima myrsinites)
Insulin, politics and the mid-term election
The House passed the Affordable Insulin Now Act, which caps consumer insulin costs at $35 a month for most consumers – responding to President Biden’s call in …
Durst takes on education establishment
Branden Durst concedes that he probably would not win the Republican race for state superintendent if he were going against either of his two opponents alone.
McGeachin wasn’t a ‘team player’ for long
As difficult as this is to believe, given Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s drama-filled term in office, there was a brief moment when she served a viable function i…
Wasden warns against activist for AG
If you’d like to pass along a compliment to Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, just tell him that he’s boring.
To our delegation, it’s all gloom and doom
President Biden’s State of the Union address is long behind us and everyone is well past analyzing the details of his speech.
McGeachin gives AFPAC standing in Idaho
To get all this publicity, she had to speak to the America First Political Action Committee (AFPAC) – a group in which some of the main players support Vladimi…
Risch has eyes on the ‘real’ enemy
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch has found a common enemy – and it isn’t President Biden, or congressional Democrats who are trying to ram through their socialist agenda.
MALLOY: Smith says Simpson has met his ‘Waterloo’
Say one thing about Idaho Falls attorney Bryan Smith, he does not lack for confidence or swagger. And he will need all of that if he’s going to take out longti…
Malloy: Could a Republican Senate help Biden?
Put this in the category of “wishful thinking,” but there may be a way for President Biden to turn around his sagging approval ratings. And, for those who may …
Malloy: Crapo can’t quit now, or maybe ever
If former Idaho Sen. Steve Symms had played his cards right over the last 30 years, and kept running for re-election, he could still be in the Senate today.
Party leaders say ‘no’ to crossover voting
Lately, I have been hearing from Democrats who will do everything in their power to prevent Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin and Rep. Pricilla Giddings from winning t…
McGeachin shows how to botch ‘good’ news
Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin catches an endorsement from former President Trump – the biggest fish in the ocean -- and she makes that bombshell announcement throu…
GOP getting warmed up with bashing Biden
Republicans are having a field day going after President Biden … and to think, we’re more than a year away until the mid-term elections.
Senators look to Carter-era solution for debt fix
Here’s something that I never thought I’d see – Idaho Republican Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo embracing a failed policy from the Carter administration for br…