Boise’s North End: “The liberal bastion of Idaho” It’s said that all you need is two people to have politics – no matter how much they agree, they will find room for disagreement. Northenders aren’t unique in this regard. Generally it isn’t the issue that they will disagree on but the approach to solving the…
Category: North End Politics
“A Normal Person”
Photo: Flickr user Bjørn Heidenstrøm A conservative Twitter users views challenged The following is a fairly one-sided Twitter discussion prompted by Chelsea (Bradley) Manning’s announcement about her transgender state and desire to go forward with her life as a woman. My reaction was predictable given my personal knowledge of what people who identify themselves as…
Economics of Division
A Balance Approach Balance (noun): A state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc. Each day is spent observing via the internet, Twitter, Facebook and blogs how Americans are behaving. Given the troubles of the past 3+ years it’s not surprise that we, on a whole, are deeply concerned about the future…
Add the Words Idaho!
Standing for equality for all Idahoans Originally posted on February 10, 2012 Photo credit Devin-Ferrell & Arbiter Online Jan. 2015 A View from The North End Add the Words Legislation Voted Down Along Party Lines In another show of dubious, unaltered socially conservative power, the Idaho Senate State Affairs committee voted NO to print the “Add…