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Drought patterns are difficult to break
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, the western portion of the country, especially the Southwest, has been in …
Electric cars: Not so good for kids
Some people say electric cars are good because they save gas money and help the environment, but they haven’t figured out where the powder and the battery comes from or how it’s created. Unfortunately, these source…
‘Location services’ a blinkin’ beacon
Is “location services” good or bad?
Cut through confusion on home title info
What’s the difference between title insurance and Home Title Lock? Simply put, Home Title Lock offers a subscription monitoring service for $14.99 per month that will alert you to court filings that affect your hom…
The very best love is agape
Never mind overpriced flowers and candy. Love isn’t supposed to be about “stuff,” anyway.
'Location services' a blinkin' beacon
Is “location services” good or bad?
Idaho needs to reform medical debt collection
Jerry: Do you know what’s the No. 1 cause of bankruptcy nationwide?
Mitt Romney: A Republic and the courage to keep it
Sen. Mitt Romney’s courageous vote to convict President Donald Trump on the impeachment charge of the abuse of power, a valiant effort to protect American Constitutionalism against the entrenchment of an authoritar…
Matters of the heart matter
Following coronary “events” in 2006 and 2008, which earned me four coronary stents, I began to include annual Heart Health Month reminders in this column each February.
Take care of your ticker
February is American Heart Month — a reminder to take care of it, both literally and figuratively. Just as the individual capacity for giving and receiving love is key to quality of life, the heart’s physical healt…
The keys to finding fair taxes
When the issue is paying taxes, we all seem to agree: We don’t like to pay them. Find another way to fund the government but get off our backs.
And the No. 1 scam in 2019 was
According to the Federal Trade Commission, 3.2 million people reported being scammed in 2019.
Obsession with phones predicted back in '53
Even to someone like me, guilty of decrying the evils of smartphones, it’s a shocking headline:
Bits and pieces of local life
On Sunday morning while most people were preparing for the Super Bowl parties, Mike McLean was feeding cattle in the back pasture. The McLean Cattle Company off Greensferry is a four-generation farm and ranch on th…
State names a linguistic melting pot
According to the History Channel, long before it graced Tennessee, “Memphis” was the name of the ancient capital of Aneb-Hetch (Lower Egypt), meaning “good place to live.” Which had me wondering about other America…
Concerns about additional volcanic eruptions
Our pattern of wetter than normal winter seasons continues across North Idaho and the rest of the Inland Empire. Over 5.75 inches of rain and melted snow fell in January, which was well above the average of 3.77 in…