Mitch McConnell has shielded Donald Trump from many things, but not even the Senate majority leader can save our very stable genius this time. President Chaos is driving the ambulance as Ameri…

With the coronavirus ever-changing pandemic in rampage mode, I decided not to columnize any more on COVID-19 until we learn much more about it.

In 2011, I had the opportunity to travel to Singapore. It is the most beautiful, clean, and safe metropolitan that I have ever visited. This city-state of 5.6 million people is larger than Los…

God forbid I would ever find myself strapped to a gurney on route to the ER, semiconscious, gasping for breath.

With the current pandemic, voting by mail seems like it would be a favorable method. However, Idaho does not have a true vote-by-mail option. The League of Women Voters of Idaho has a position…

I’ve said it many times to anyone who will listen: I love living in Moscow.

Two weeks ago I first wrote my column about social distancing. Now, everyone who reads this paper is at least aware of the term. We all know what it means — keeping your distance, especially w…

If you needed another reminder of the profound difference in messaging between state governors and the Trump White House, then look no further than the online news conference that Pennsylvania…

Before focusing on today’s timely topic — Trump and Fox News, deadly together — I want to tell you a little story about the time Fox broke the fake news that President Obama wanted to tax Chri…

Dale Courtney’s column on Sweden (March 18) is loaded with errors, but the most egregious one is his claim that the “Nordics scrapped (their) welfare system decades ago.”

About two weeks ago, I received dreadful news that my father had been taken into emergency surgery. I’ve written about his case before … where a failure to provide a 10-day prophylactic antibi…

Now that the Idaho Legislature has wrapped up its 2020 session and vacated the Capitol, residents can rest somewhat easier. Legislators could not bring themselves to provide adequate school fu…

One of the great things about English is its fluidity. Usage changes over time. New words come and go. In “The Princess Bride,” self-proclaimed genius Vizzini repeatedly describes ongoing even…

I could tell you to stay home as someone intimately involved in one of the area hospital’s emergency planning and response.

With Sunday’s announcement of the first positive case of COVID-19 identified on the Palouse in Whitman County, it is a good moment to review what you and your family need to know.

With the new coronavirus and its effects creeping nearer to Pullman, I’m having to examine the situation with more care and decide what my reaction will be. Because of health reasons, I’ve bee…

Shortly after President Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel got into a bit of hot water when he observed to an interviewer, “You never want …

I’ve been talking to many Idahoans about the 2019 novel coronavirus. Everyone has an opinion, and most people are doing their best to stay healthy and prevent others from getting sick.

The three victims had been in rapidly deteriorating health for a couple of weeks when they suffered a sudden collapse on March 12. The indicators were not good for Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&…

Progressives have objected to my March 4 column, “Why Socialism in the US scares me to death.” Most did not object to the academic definition of socialism, in which the state allocates the mea…

Before we talk about disobedience – the civil, non-violent kind – let me first share with you a story about obedience.

Tuesday, our daughter, Eva, told us that she was low on disinfectants and couldn’t buy any.

We are living in a strange, scary time right now.

You’ve probably never heard of Erica Newland. And if she had her druthers, it’s a safe bet that she would have preferred it stayed that way.

When a president is confronted with a serious emergency, the public has a rare chance to see the stuff he’s made of. With the new coronavirus (COVID-19), Trump had his opportunity to shine. Hi…

“What Patrick gave the Irish was a faith that took the best of traditional pagan beliefs and redefined those in Christian terms.”

An article in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News by Douglas Call entitled “Abortion foes miss the point” has been sitting on my desk since it was printed months ago. In light of some recent similar…

It’s the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington State.

Politicians are politicizing the new coronavirus; bureaucrats are bureaucratizing; the news media – especially television – is dramatizing, sensationalizing, hyping and fear-mongering; and the…

As the COVID-19 outbreak rapidly careens into a pandemic, politicians and institutional leaders are grappling with how to best deal with this crisis. Our options are limited to social distanci…

The Civility Project initiated by this paper last month is a great beginning – but it’s not enough.“Civil” and “civility” represent polite formality. Human interaction requires far more. It re…

Editor’s note: Writers on the Range returns to the Opinion page of the Daily News after a lengthy hiatus. The op-ed columns were once a syndicate offering of High Country News. That syndicate …

A few weeks ago, my 10-year-old son came home from school with a new revelation. The school nurse had visited his fifth-grade class at the request of their teacher to talk about hygiene – beca…