I’ll admit, it’s hard not to get emotional as the Duane and Mr. Jaeger appear on the risers and speak their feedbacky, nearly inaudible words to a hushed and reverent crowd. People peacefully light white candles, including those up in the Resort garage dripping painful…
Mile Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle, AP PhotosActivists Jess Walsh, left, and Doug Featherbeard pose naked for a photo shoot in a disputed grove of oak trees on the University Of California, Berkeley campus in this file photo in Berkeley, Calif. School officials have won the legal…
The law is not wrong, it is just not being followed. As I see it at least 3 violatons occured in the executive session as the vote taken after they came back into regular session was nothing more than a pre determined decision made behind…
From Taryn Brodwater's blog, The Skinny On North Idaho:It’s the first snow. We saw it coming yesterday when the chimney smoke disappeared into a sky the color of a dingy work shirt and the temperature hovered between pucker up and goose pimples. Just in time…
I'm off until Monday. But you still can find plenty of discussion fodder below this post. Of course, I wish you and your family a good day of eating, sleeping, and mebbe watching parades and sporting events. We're hosting the family that's stayed in town,…
What’s your favorite thing to do after Thanksgiving dinner? -- Idaho Statesman.*sleep*watch football*plan shopping trips*decorate for Christmas*eat leftovers
Ahn Young-joon/AP PhotoA South Korean drummer performs at the Inaugural General Assembly of the World Toilet Association conference in Seoul, South Korea earlier today. Launching a global "toilet revolution," the World Toilet Association kicked off its inaugural conference Thursday seeking to save lives by improving…
re: MamaJD's question: What things do you take for granted as basics that others regard as luxuries?Alice Rankin: An automatic washing machine and dryer. All my married life. And through five children, and to today. My grandmothers used wash boards when their children were young.…
'Good Morning America's in townWith TV cameras all 'roundAnd it won't be too long'till the masses will throngTo the town that G-M-A found.Idaho Escapee/Atmospheric Ruminations
Whippersnapper: The few cops I've met told me that Idaho cops, for the most part, don't use studs. Some cops have jumbo SUVs though. But if they get stuck, they call for a tow at their employer's expense, and it happens a few times per…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.