I still haven't decided how much of the Super Bowl I'm going to watch Sunday. I can't think of a way I'd be less excited about the two Eastern teams playing. New England? New York? C'mon. Madonna at halftme. Meh. Mebbe the E*Trade baby will…
A male walrus pokes his tongue out at his trainer during a practice at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, earlier today. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
A tax on Internet sales? In Idaho? Who'da thunk it? It has long seemed inevitable that someday, sales taxes would be extended to Internet sales. Indeed, California made huge waves recently and did itself significant fiscal and economic violence through its predictably oafish attempt to…
Item: Contraception mandate outrages religious groups: Religious groups that oppose the new contraception mandate say it forces people of faith to choose between upholding church doctrine and serving the broader society/Associated Press More Info: The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control…
Bubblehead: Yes, an individual is a Democrat. Used as an adjective, however, the correct form is “Democratic”. It’s like “robot”; you don’t say “The robot moved in a robot manner”, it’s a “robotic” manner. Likewise, a Democrat belongs to the Democratic Party, and the Senate,…
RE: Micron CEO Steve Appleton's last flight lasted 80 seconds/Patrick Orr, Statesman Idaho Dad: I met Appleton a few times when I worked at Micron. Most driven individual I’ve ever known. He started off at the very bottom and made his way to the top…
Stebbijo: I like smokers, they are fun people. My mother was a smoker and suffered from emphysema. She finally quit to prolong her life and I swear she would have been a happier woman with a smoke or two during her last days. She absolutely…
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.
