Forty men have been arrested since May at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in a restroom-sex solicitation sting that also snared Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, according to the AP, and most were nabbed after going through a similar foot-tapping ritual that police said was a signal…
Hat Tip: Thom George
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoIndeed, sez Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho, the dog days of summer are upon us.*" Should Larry Craig run for re-election? No. Should he resign his seat in the Senate? Yes. It has nothing to do with whether he is gay or not.…
... on the right rail is up and functional. It creates a thread that doesn't interfere with the main thread. I'll contact Betty Ammon (who's in the middle of moving into the new library at the moment) to see if she could head a discussion.…
*I've been mentioned twice this week by former Clinton aide Bruce Reed (also son of Scott and Mary Lou Reed) in his column for Slate online here and here.***Here's One for James Bond: Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise and I will be working closer than ever…
Item: Sen. Craig gives up four Senate committee seats; colleagues call for resignation/Associated Press and Rocky Barker/Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Sen. Larry Craig has agreed to temporarily give up his seats on four Senate Committees at the request of Senate Republican leadership, while his political support…
The executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Matt Foreman, is accusing Senate Republican leaders of hypocrisy for calling for an ethics investigation into Sen. Larry Craig’s arrest and guilty plea in a restroom sex-solicitation scandal, but not doing the same for…
During a brief — and largely defiant — public appearance Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Larry Craig apologized for bringing "a cloud over Idaho." We're sorry, senator. This cloud does not belong to the people who have elected you for the past 27 years. It's all yours.…
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoSome of the ribbons that Alice won at the North Idaho Fair last week.Can it really be true? It seems as though we were just talking about how to get our tomatoes to set fruit and now it is time to prevent…
Question: Do you believe Larry Craig when he says he did nothing wrong?163 Hell No (65%)57 No (23%)19 Yes (8%)12 Dunno (5%)New poll coming in moments
For all the clarity U.S. Sen. Larry Craig added on Tuesday to his disorderly conduct plea, he might as well have stayed on vacation. At a rushed appearance before reporters in Boise, the Idaho Republican denied having committed the offense to which he pleaded guilty…
This clip was played on the Leno show last night, too.Hat Tip: MamaJD
... that Sandy Patano, U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's state director, made a plea for Kootenai County Republicans to stand by the senator who has done good for them for so long. In the comments section, "Spin" posts:" Sandy Patano was in the unenviable position of…
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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.
