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Again

Posted on January 28, 2024 by ddxdx

I had this conversation with my wife yesterday about Idaho’s abortion laws. I have told this before, but she said I needed to say it again. She didn’t remember. Maybe you don’t either. The Idaho antiabortion statutes are so confusing, … Continue reading →

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Coroner Story: Alone

Posted on January 19, 2024 by ddxdx

I often seek solitude, but it’s always temporary. I lived very isolated for a couple years and I got a clear sense what it was doing to my psyche. So, I jumped back into the world. But I still tend … Continue reading →

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Shoot the Messenger

Posted on January 18, 2024 by ddxdx

Last year I spoke too soon.  I applauded Representative Blanksma for making some recommendations to her body. This year I’m offering raspberries. She recommended expanded coverage for kids in the CHIP program, as well as a recommendation to expand Medicaid … Continue reading →

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Coroner Story: Never End

Posted on January 14, 2024 by ddxdx

The Never-ending Story See if you can tell where this begins.  Or if it ends.  I’m finally telling it because a young man asked me for a good story at the dinner table the other night.  To end a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Work for It

Posted on January 11, 2024 by ddxdx

It seems our Governor is considering work requirements for Medicaid enrollees. He hasn’t done his research. Or maybe he has, and this is a Trojan Horse, just waiting for the Idaho Freedom Foundation to roll it within its walls. Do … Continue reading →

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Coroner Story: Road

Posted on January 8, 2024 by ddxdx

She was found by the road. And so, I was called. It can be foggy after a rain in the spring. The wheat loves the rain that rolls in from the ocean two hundred miles west. We get good rain … Continue reading →

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Influence

Posted on January 4, 2024 by ddxdx

We are products of our environments, no doubt, but we bring our traits, our tendencies to such. The environment shapes each of us differently. My late father was born more than a hundred years ago. His broken home and rural … Continue reading →

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Coroner Story: Black Heelocopters

Posted on December 29, 2023 by ddxdx

Sometimes how you get the call is an important part of the story. Sometimes, it’s who calls you, sometimes it why they thought you needed to be called, sometimes it why you weren’t called. All these little nuances to being … Continue reading →

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Bull Schmidt

Posted on December 21, 2023 by ddxdx

I know Congressman Russ Fulcher well. And I appreciate he can say what he thinks should be said. But I feel free to call him out when he speaks, what my high school taunters called, “Bull Schmidt.” There has been … Continue reading →

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Intentions

Posted on December 18, 2023 by ddxdx

Do you want everybody to have health insurance? I am yelling this question into a sharp, dark westerly wind, in the middle of a long winters’ night. Questions like that know their own answers. I know it. But I want … Continue reading →

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