My mom told me that if I can't say something nice, I shouldn't say anything at all. She said I'd "catch more flies with honey than with vinegar." Or something like that. I'm not very good at following Mom's advice. Sure I've been complimentary of the Legislature's willingness to take on the federal government with the passage of the Idaho Health Freedom Act and the Idaho Firearms Freedom Act. But there are, in fact, many noteworthy achievements from the last legislative session that have gotten too little attention -- things I've grumbled about that Legislature has addressed, and in a positive way. The truth is, I got a lot of what I wanted/Wayne Hoffman, Idaho Freedom Foundation. More here.

• Idaho Conservative refuses to endorse for governor/Adam's Blog
• Landed and thankful: No longer 'Up in the Air'/Dennis Mansfield
• Mr. Potatoe Head/Fort Boise
• Would JFK be a Blue Dog today?/Idaho Conservative Blog
• Waiting for candidate Rossi/Randy Stapilus, Ridenbaugh Press
• Independent scientists step in again to salmon migration debate/Rocky Barker
• Replacing Judge Stevens: The liberal seat on the court/The Johnson Report
• 2-fer: Daily politics brief, and: Monday morning briefs/Treasured Valley

Question: What was the best thing that came out of the 2010 Legislature?