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BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — Betsy Russell, the longtime president of the Idaho Press Club and a dogged and influential political journalist who covered seven Idaho governors, is retiring Jan. 1. Russell started her reporting career early, joining her high school paper and covering her own graduation. She earned a political science degree from the […]

Betsy Russell, the longtime president of the Idaho Press Club and a dogged and influential political journalist who covered seven Idaho governors, is retiring Jan. 1.

I have been working within the liberty movement for almost 17 years now. In that time I've been involved in numerous organizations that all generally fought the same battle, or the same war - The war against encroaching centralization and...

Betsy Russell moved to Idaho in 1986 and went on to report for three newspapers while covering the Idaho Legislature and seven governors.

Why is half the country angry? Why does half the country mistrust the government to the point that a potential civil war seems like the only viable option?

The Idaho home where four students were murdered has become an attraction, with one woman saying she visited after hearing about the case on a podcast.

 

the devil his due? well, this is my defense of free speech. im pretty much a free speech fundamentalist. the devil is whoever you dont agree with or disagrees with, you or whose ideas you dont like. thats the devil. and he should be given his due because you would want the same thing when youre opinions are not accepted or you are the outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. nobody knows the truth about everything or much of anything. so the only way to find ou...

out in 2020. michael shermer what are you trying to accomplish in giving the devil his due? well, this is my defense of free speech. im pretty much a free speech fundamentalist. the devil is whoever you dont agree with or disagrees with, you or whose ideas you dont like. thats the devil. and he should be given his due because you would want the same thing when youre opinions are not accepted or you are the outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. nobody knows t...

As usual, the 2022 books selection is quite eclectic, and something for almost every adventurous reader made the list.