Archive for: December 2004

While driving to church tonight, and my wife said she loved me.

I smiled. “Well, you didn’t marry me for my looks or my money.”

She replied, “It’s an investment like the Iraqi Dinars. They’re not …

Nothing really on the Editorial page worth responding to. I was stuck J.R. Simplot’s gift of his house on the Hill for the new Governor’s Mansion. It needs some work, but it is a huge benefit for Idaho.

A Governor with …

As sickeningly politically correct as the phrase, “Happy Holidays” is, it serves a purpose. It is a dividing line between what is real and what is fantasy, what is worth celebrating and what is a scam.

“Holiday Sales”, …

Today, I’m not as concerned by a letter to the Editor’s point of view, but rather the information provided.

Eric Battey wrote,

I was westbound on I-84 when I let an Idaho Sand …

There’s an absolutely hysterical Reader’s View by BSU Assistant English Professor Marcy Newman on Christmas. Ms. Newman writes:

…Is this a Christian nation or is it not? We claim that the United States is not a …

Some of us are in need of a little more grace and mercy this Christmas Season. What am I referring to? Mission Media held a day granting Parking Ticket Grace. Anyone who had parking tickets could …

I spend a lot of blogging time being critical of this and that. Sometimes, it’s true that this and that should be roundly criticized, but there are a couple things I want to praise.

First, I work near …

Yesterday, there was no Daily Response because I got almost done writing and Microsoft Explorer died. I just couldn’t restart it. Today, Jim Smith and Kristi Gibson had a joint letter to the editor about a recent Statesman editorial:
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There’s an article from my old home state in the Missoula Independent:

The article was about the defeat of an old friend, Denise Cofer in the Flathead County Commissioner’s race. The defeat, in effect represents a knife …

I’ve criticized Idaho teachers for not having a plan on Merit Pay, but Meridian School teacher Tom Rybus actually said he would support merit pay under the following conditions:

• Merit pay rewarding superior teaching with a bonus …