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OPE: Where government critiques itself
Under-the-radar group of analysts assesses effectiveness of Idaho statutory programs
Journal your new year
Time flows without sentiment. Yet every Dec. 31, we take note of it with big fanfare: Out with the old, in with the new. A fresh start full of good intentions.
Six holiday traditions, village style
On Christmas Eve in the quiet town of Arlington, Vt. — the state’s first capital — the town’s 2,400 residents have a sweet tradition (Vermonters love to say, "…
Words of the year: Real or Memorex?
That headline is rather unfair to younger readers, but those of a “certain age” undoubtedly remember the cassette brand commercials: Is it real, or is it Memor…
Reining in AI, top-down
Technology is always a mixed blessing. Develop it unchecked by a sense of ethics, and we’ve learned it costs too much in human health, equanimity, or safety.
Can you outthink a goldfish?
We all know it by now: The average person today reads less and has a much shorter attention span. Taken together, that doesn’t bode well for man’s ability to t…
Could quiet hours make us smarter?
“Noise” so pervades modern life that it’s become inescapable. We hardly know what it’s like anymore without a cacophony of noise, chatter, and moving images — …
Anastrophe, it is
Pleased, she is, when your Mrs. Language Person notes the anastrophe so rare. Delights, she does, when our language so diminished may delight in its creativity…
Want to see 100? Get blue
In case you missed the Oct. 12 column by Geoff Emry, Coeur d’Alene’s self-styled “exercise explorer M.D.,” let me tell you about blue zones.
Honor the hallowed witch
I have mixed feelings as I write this. Our family thrives at Halloween, at the best time of year. Spirits and magic evoke the season’s beautiful mysteries: Of …
The rules of war
As the world watches two high-profile wars unfold, heartbreaking civilian costs are mounting. Sadly this is nothing new in the human experience, but today’s mo…
Best public schools? The DOD
As the U.S. continues to lag behind other developed nations in the measurable quality of its public education system — currently at 16th according to U.S. News…
Iranian wins Nobel Peace Prize
I happily admit to being a lifelong nerd. Big names in film and music elicit no thrill for me. The Academy and Grammys pass unnoticed. But when the Nobel Prize…
Home sweet — moon?
The year is 2040. You’re looking for a new home, and you want something a bit different. Maybe very different. Like that new subdivision on the moon.
Warts and all, the U.N. has purpose
Like the humans who compose them, no institution is without flaws. In both cases we can only hope that, on balance, the good outweighs the rest.
When libraries weren’t free
In this American culture war over books, Ground Zero is the public library. It’s interesting, to say the least, watching from the sidelines as free access to i…