The Idaho Vandals running back De Maundray Woolridge has his helmet knocked off by Fresno's Lorne Bell during the first half in the Kibbie Dome at Moscow on Saturday. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman - Shawn Raecke)The first ominous sign for fans inside the Kibbie Dome had…
I'm going to take a few days off to clear my head of the campaign and election fog and to enjoy my kids. I'll officially turn the controls of HBO Central over to CindyH on Monday. I've warned her not to check out the cooler…
Two bad trends have supplanted the good old days. The radical right, the tea baggers its new manifestation, is purging the Republican Party of moderate officeholders and candidates, and turning once-sensible office seekers into pander bears. Locally, an iron triangle of left interest groups (e.g.…
Tricia Jo Webster/Fabulocity writes: "I found this “Life is Crap” cup during my inaugural visit to Halpin’s, one of the Valley’s hidden treasures. OK, really – sitting prominently on the corner of Bowdish and Sprague with a sign that can be seen from space without…
While preparing for my conferences I started to think about what I would like parents to know about teachers. Here are a few of them:We love your kids. We want what's best for them just like you do.We work hard. We have tons of unmatched…
Idaho and Fresno State mirror each other in many ways. Fresno State has the No. 3 offense in the WAC, averaging 36.5 points a game, while Idaho is the No. 4 offense in the conference, averaging 33 points a game. The Bulldogs have scored 23…
What too many people fail to recall, and in many cases I consider this willful amnesia, is that Obama's sales pitch for the first stimulus package included a promise that, if passed, unemployment would rise no higher than 8 percent. Without the stimulus package, Obama's…
While I sit here watching “Law & Order,” I’m thinking about the movie that we saw earlier this evening - the curiously named “The Men Who Stare at Goats.” Based on the trailer, i was expecting a comedy. And a comedy is what I got.…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.