Tagged: politics

Government, democracy, religion, Christianity: all grandiose, big, expansive ideas that have moved humanity to form unions, and to kill each other. There are many more …

Emily Articulated / Emily Erickson / Opinion / Politics

April 24, 2024

Emily Articulated: Big headlines, micro effects

By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist

“I had to get out of Commie-fornia,” he said, eyebrows wagging, all anticipation of landing a shared joke.

It didn’t land. I had just been …

Health / Local Elections / Opening Hearts and Minds / Opinion

February 7, 2024

The will of the people

By Nancy Gerth
Reader Contributor

On Wednesday last I watched the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee hear testimony on Bill 419, a bill sponsored by the Idaho Freedom Foundation. …

Featured / Movie Reviews / Opinion / Politics

February 4, 2024

Idiocracy, the documentary

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

When Mike Judge’s film Idiocracy was released in 2006, it landed in a different world. This was years before a buffoon named Donald Trump started …

Humor / Living Life / Opinion / Random Digital Madness / Sandy Compton

January 10, 2024

A few thoughts… On being worried and enraged in 2024

By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist

It’s time to write something clever about the new year. Or at least something. We get an extra day in 2024, and we get to …

Health / News / News in Brief / Politics

December 21, 2023

The future of family planning in Idaho

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

The new Idaho Contraceptive Education Network launched Dec. 4 with the goal of preserving and expanding access to contraceptives throughout Idaho by educating the public …