In this image released by Rogers & Cowan public relations, Jett Travolta, the son of actor John Travolta, is shown in an undated family photo. (AP Photo/Rogers & Cowan)

John and Kelly Travolta's loss of their 16 year old son, Jett, breaks my heart. I can't for a minute understand the depth of the loss they are going through, as they deal with his death...and the forever-ness of being apart from him. In years past, I would have attempted some trite comparison of Christianity and Scientology...coming up with some "accurate" statement about eternity. How shallow. How inappropriate. The loss of any child is a deep wound to every parent. To lose a child at 16, as the doorway to adulthood is so within reach, seems to be all the more saddening/Dennis Mansfield. More here.

*Selfishness versus marriage/Clayton Cramer

*Shine a light under the rocks/Fort Boise

*Idaho home-schoolers to be protected?/IVA

Question: John Travolta's sister, Ellen, of course, is a local who performs occasionally at the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre. Has her brother John's loss of his son affected you?

*Gregoire to replace Richardson?/Red County

*The Pat Robertson predicting machine/Adam's Blog

*Take the Obama quiz/From The Editors

*Jerk Dirk perk of obscene latrine assays at 235K/43rd State Blues

*Tiny bug tapped for milfoil control/Idaho Conservation League

*Tooting his own horn not a good idea/Left Side of the Moon

*Boise's rockin' protesters/Unequivocal Notion