Sholeh Patrick
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SHOLEH: Suicide: Understanding survivors
Loss is part of human life. In a way, it’s a balance that helps us appreciate all the good we still have, and can yet experience.
MLP: That 'useful little chap,' the semicolon
Mrs. Language Person just loves the semicolon: a harmonic marriage of period and comma.
SHOLEH: FAQs on today’s General Assembly
Why should Idaho care about the U.N.’s General Assembly?
The Archives — America's historian
The daily goings-on in every White House since John Adams contribute to the legacy not only of this nation, but every American. Where does that paperwork go ...
70 is the new happy
Sholeh Patrick Dear under-50s: If you aren’t looking forward to getting old, think again. Turns out, far from being the depressing decline we envision ...
How does the IRA affect you?
The Inflation Reduction Act, a big bill signed into law this month, is broader than its name may imply. With tax credits and other provisions for climate cha...
Stressed? Go fish
August is National Fishing Month. As if simply indulging in the experience isn’t enough, many studies have confirmed the benefits of spending time in natu...
Happy birthday to the nation’s first “cops”
Say “federal law enforcement” and what springs to mind is the FBI. The U.S. Marshalls or the Secret Service. In the inland northwest, maybe the BLM or Forest...
Is 'hero' overused?
Superman and Wonder Woman are of the comic book variety.
Public invocations: Should we or shouldn’t we?
Tonight Coeur d’Alene City Council considers changing its prayer policy to a lottery system, in the interest of fairness.
Everyday physics, and your own particle accelerator
The most high-profile physics subfield is high-energy and particle physics, where physicists try to break down atoms to find the smallest possible ingredient...
MLP kens her kennings
Want to learn something you didn’t know you knew?
Summer heat tips
Especially after that prolonged winter weather, the sunshine has been great.
How many lives do you have?
We don’t really have one life.