Such remarkable solidarity in that Republican Party: all 39 Senators in the super-minority voted NO, we don't even want to discuss health care reform legislation. To hell with the President, to hell with the Democrats (and independents), to hell with the majority of the American people, we' [...]
It's tomorrow in New York already, so that means it's time for Frank Rich's latest drama review: The Pit Bull in the China Shop.
He actually says he read the book, if you can believe that craziness.
"The book's most frequently dropped names, predictably enough, are" [...]
Ray Madoff notes that one of "the values on which the country was founded" was "that hard work should be rewarded and power should not be conferred by birth." Anybody want to argue that point?
Plenty of Republicans do when they light up about the estate tax (or [...]
One of my cousins forwarded a copy of Joe and Janice Hagan's call for a day of fasting and praying for America, with someone else's "go and be viral" instruction: "please send" [...]
Verlyn Klinkenborg observes individualism, identity and bicycles on the Stanford campus, a location which the headline writer quixotically equated to "northern California." Not exactly.
"There is a deeply pleasing randomness about the campus cyclists, as though" [...]
You had to connect the dots yourself with two stories in today's paper: one about Canyon County paying the ACLU $190,000, and the other about the the County shipping some of its inmates off to other jails, now including Gem, Payette, Elmore, and Washington Counties and [...]
Meet the Poole sisters: Aubrey, 21, Rochelle, 20, and Tiffany, 18. The three were each recently arrested for Petite Theft. This gives a new meaning to the idea of family togetherness. And just in time for the holidays!
He may not sell as many copies as she-who-must-not-be-named, but having now seen Andre Agassi talk about his book in three interviews (with very little overlap, on 60 Minutes, the Tennis Channel, and for the New York Times Sunday Book [...]
On the change of command at Idaho’s transportation Department.
Transportation was run by Pam Lowe
Otter said she had to go
Butch gave the whole mess
to a Michiganer named Ness
So much for “Buy Idaho”!
Related posts:COMPASS Action Politically Linked To Otter
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I don't blame the Republicans for not coming up with alternate legislation. It's a lot of work to draft a bill, and there's no secret it would be dead on arrival. But I do wish they could come up with more' [...]
Robert Hoskins’ op-ed on FWP giving the quarantined bison to Ted Turner-
Op-ed in the Casper Star Tribune. Illegal plan just makes Turner richer. By Robert Hoskins [...] 
Stimulus funds being used to solve high vehicle/ungulate collision area on US 93, north of Wells-
Story on wildlife overpass. Las Vegas Sun [...] 
So feds, live with it and start protecting the bear’s habitat better-
link fixed! Judge keeps Yellowstone grizzly on threatened list. AP [...]
KTRV-TV picked up the AP story from the Lewiston Tribune (with a footer applied, saying "Copyright 2009," "All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed," go figure; you can also get the story attribution-free from KXLY) that the Idaho Transportation Department is [...]
Tiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals-
This finding really amazed me, but we certainly see it in some birds like ravens and crows. They are no “birdbrains.”
Bigger Not Necessarily Better, When It Comes to Brains. ScienceDaily [...] 
Poaching was on the Rocky Mountain Front west of Choteau-
Wardens seek poacher who killed moose on Front. Great Falls Tribune. [...] HOMELESS YES AND NO
Heidi Caye
1934 Division Ave.
Boise, ID 83706
921-9309
Homeless Citation: I’m calling in regard to something that I saw last week. I was up on
Federal Way and I was watching a police officer ticket a homeless man on the corner of the
street with his [...]
Dworshak-Elk City zone closed as 18 tags are filled.
Idaho wolf hunt status information. [...]
FROM POET PAUL–
The streetcar bid was Cronin’s wish
Now there seems to be something amiss
The facts are apparent
And may not be transparent
But we can certainly see through this!
Chalk one up for the DAILY PAPER! Using the public records law and some good old fashioned reporting [...]
[...] The day job has taken the GUARDIAN editor to Mexico, suck up smog, sun, and more images for the Photolibrary.
It isn’t as cheery as a couple years ago–economy is bad, swine flu scare lingers with hand washing fluid everywhere, heavy police presence, drugs.
As a result, you can get [...]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.): My Near Death Panel Experience.
"When the most extreme elements peddling false information can cow senior members of Congress into embracing their claims, it does not bode well for either policymaking or for the Republican Party."
But there is some good news [...]
A state rep from Moscow is floating a 5% “surcharge on Idaho taxes” to keep certain state services afloat. You can post here as we know they read the GUARDIAN at the state level too.
For starters, we explained to a staffer a couple weeks ago that those of us who [...]
We don't know whether 2C drivers are really less capable than those who buy their license plates elsewhere, but we do know that meme is sticky, and can produce entertaining lore as it reinforces the stereotype.
It is not open' [...]
