Letter to the Editor: A Head Start for Idaho Families | By Cathy Brey and Kaylin White

As the nation celebrates Head Start Awareness Month and Head Start’s 50th Anniversary this October, we must make clear to leaders in Washington that Idaho’s at-risk children and families depend on the critical services provided by Head Start.

Another Zombie Idea | By Yasmina Vinci

The zombie vogue in today's movies and TV shows has also invaded media and think tanks in a form that Paul Krugman recently (and aptly) named "zombie ideas" -- i.e., thoughts that should melt away in the daylight of reality and evidence but which "refuse to die." A zombie idea persists when it's "one of those things that everyone important thinks is true because everyone they know says it's true."