Bernie fans were booing Hillary during the opening prayer for unity… Not sure this is going to go too well.

Via Yahoo! Tokyo (AFP) – From lonely pensioners to Japanese schoolgirls with shattered dreams, Takanobu Nishimoto and his crew of middle-aged men will lend an ear to clients who would never dream of spilling their guts to a therapist or worse, their families. Anyone in need of company can sign up to his online service

Can you imagine requiring every NBA team to have only 12.2% black players and the rest would be required to be white / latino / asian? And to have the same breakdown on the court during game play?  If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the

(As I’ve said here at MOJ before, both candidates are awful — for various and varying reasons — and one of many reasons each is awful is that each has the effect of inducing members of the opponent’s political party to rationalize or normalize or minimize their own candidate’s awfulness.) How do you vote your conscience when you have

On Ted Cruz breaking his vow to support Trump: So I wrote that I was grateful for the fact that Cruz did not endorse Donald Trump. I still am grateful. But I also have noticed, online and in personal conversations, that a number of people (who are not Trump fans) are arguing that Cruz should be rejected

Six Washington State football players are persons of interest after a weekend brawl that left two students hospitalized and more with minor injuries. Pullman police commander Chris Tennant said the police have confirmed WSU football players were present at the party but expects a lengthy investigation to determine their level of involvement. Detectives were handed the case

Carolyn Boyce, national committeewoman for the Idaho Democratic Party, is the lone supporter of Hillary Clinton among Idaho’s superdelegates. In a state that voted overwhelmingly for Bernie Sanders in its March Democratic caucus, Boyce’s position is unpopular. Idaho gave Sanders 18 of its 23 elected delegates. Boyce announced her support for Clinton before the Idaho

Idaho’s gas prices are the eighth-highest in the nation, 24 cents over the national average, reports AAA of Idaho. But they’re also running 59 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, are at the lowest level for July since 2005, and have been stable – within a penny or so of their current $2.47

The following Letter to the Editor appeared in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News:  Considering the recent events in Nice, France, it should be clear that we need to prohibit the civilian possession of large trucks, specifically those with fuel capacity exceeding five gallons or capable of speeds in excess of 5 miles per hour. They are

Republican pollster Frank Luntz on Tuesday told delegates at the Republican National Convention that the GOP has “lost” the millennial generation of voters. Addressing the South Carolina delegation, Luntz attributed the Democratic Party’s hold on younger adults to colleges and universities that he said are leading them toward socialism. “We have lost. It’s not like

Military troops favor Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president over Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, according to a new survey. Johnson garnered 38.7 percent of the active duty vote, versus 30.9 for Trump, and 14.1 for Clinton, according to the survey, which was conducted via the popular military personality Doctrine Man. Although the survey was not a scientific poll

And they call this “education”? And you wonder why college graduates can’t get a job, are laden with debt, and cannot carry on an intelligent conversation after graduating?  The University of Idaho says it will offer a new class this fall using “Pokemon Go” to teach students about leading active lifestyles, teamwork and exploring their

  “Secretary of State John Kerry said in Vienna on Friday that air conditioners and refrigerators are as big of a threat to life as the threat of terrorism posed by groups like the Islamic State,” says this article. Kerry wants to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) from basic household and commercial appliances like air conditioners, refrigerators,