The Return of Rationality in Political Discourse
In my non-journalistic life, I judge, and sometimes coach, competitive college debate. While it's likely many would consider spending one's free time in basement lecture halls listening to endless...
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Sometimes, it just seems like the whole world is going cuckoo. There's so much saber-rattling out in the streets lately, the blind could easily think we've evolved into diamondbacks.… [ Read more ] [...
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How about chasing the rainy-day blues away with some good ol' fashioned righteous indignation? And what's the best kind?… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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This morning Mayor Dave Bieter gave his annual State of the City address to a packed house at the Boise Centre on the Grove. Seeing as it was scheduled so early, it could've been described as the dawn...
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Politics are a bit like magic, though not in the sense that it requires supernatural powers to accomplish anything. What I mean is that the audience is so focused on the glamour, the glitz, the show,...
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Lately, you can't go more than a few minutes without hearing something about the Tea Party, the conservative group which initially had the unfortunate distinction of being named—"accidentally," we...
View ArticleYoung Professionals Survey Takes Aim at Keeping Young Talent in Boise
In March, Boise Weekly poked a bit of fun at Gov. Otter for his comments to the Boise Young Professional crowd in which he spoke about animal husbandry and high school football in a speech meant to be...
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Though everyone wants to rail about principles, in the turbulence of recent years it's become pretty clear that the actual process of getting things done in government, the one that's key to the very...
View ArticleRepublican Refusal to Help 9/11 Responders Causes Jon Stewart to Give Up
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Anyone who's ever read Katherine Dunn's award-winning masterpiece Geek Love, knows that flipper babies aren't just bad in a depressing sense, they're downright evil, and when left to their own devices...
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Once a month in BODO, a fresh-faced group of rebels get together to share beers, laughs and *gasp* leftist politics. Why?… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleNation's Most Liberal Drinker Stops by Boise For a Chat
A dozen people crowded into the back room of Solid last night to hear a brief presentation from Justin Krebs, one of the founders of Drinking Liberally, a progressive networking club that he and some...
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It has been said that one should always hope for the best while preparing for the worst. Today is the perfect opportunity to live out that philosophy.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on...
View ArticleThe Republican's Greatest Hits
Someone recently sent me this video featuring 20 great political bloopers showing why the editor is "disinclined" to vote Republican. It's a whimsical trip through the hysterical scandals of...
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View ArticleColumnist Ted Rall on Ratigan Show Today
Longtime BW contributor and ire raiser Ted Rall will appear as a guest on the Dylan Ratigan Show this afternoon, which airs at 4 p.m. ET on MSNBC.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this...
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Sure, it's annoying when gas is $3 per gallon and our moms say to put on that horrible sweater Aunt So-and-So sent for Christmas rather than turning up the heat. We'd all rather be spending that money...
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In 1994, people were fleeing the African country of Rwanda due to the civil unrest between the Hutu and Tutsi people and the genocide that was taking place. American Carl Wilkens stayed behind.… [...
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Osama Bin Laden, We Hardly Knew Ye
Like most rational people, I’ve spent the past 10 years hiding in a bunker drawing cartoons of Osama bin Laden getting raped by hell-pigs. So when I heard about his death, I was elated and immediately...
View ArticleGezundheit Help Us, Steven Colbert Becomes a PAC
From briefly taking a job as a farmworker to later testifying about the experience before Congress, comedian Steven Colbert has never been one to dodge issues. And now, for his satire of the U.S....
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