With 1500+ posts, it's hard to narrow down my favorites. But here are a few dozen posts I especially like from the RSR archives, listed in reverse chronological order. Most are serious; some are silly; many are here to provide a handy document to Idaho, national, and global politics these past four years.
Tara Rowe, writing at The Political Game, has a list, too. I consider Tara a protege and a very wise young-old soul, and I am humbled and gratified by her words about my work. She quotes Mary Pipher, from Writing to Change the World, as saying, "True rebels act from a well-developed moral center. They know who they are and what they stand for. Most likely, they are fighting for something they have spent a lifetime learning to love."
Well, that's a fact. As I commented at Tara's post today, my goal is to lift up voices that aren't usually heard and to live by Stephen Covey's 8th Habit: Find your voice and help others find theirs. That's the focus of what I've done here at RSR, and it will be the focus of the job I start tomorrow, too. And it's in a very real sense the mission of all progressive bloggers.
8.14.07 - The fearful gospel of Bill Sali
6.26.07 - Gonzales chickens out
6.24.07 - Scenes from a birthday (Julia Davis Park)
5.9.07 - Getting a read on the netroots
4.22.07 - This pretty planet
3.18.07 - Iraq War 4th anniversary march
3.8.07 - Wise in the ways of the world (Barack Obama)
2.16.07 - Back to the future (blogging and the media)
2.7.07 - The most extreme legislator?
1.11.07 - I wish I could believe him (Bush announces surge)
12.21.06 - Let there be light
11.9.06 - Fischer: Boise turns its back on God
10.5.06 - In the belly of the elephant
9.30.06 - 20% tax hike starts Sunday
9.10.06 - No more 'war'
8.17.06 - The vacant veep (Cheney in Boise)
6.25.06 - Ready to rumble (Idaho Dems convention)
6.5.06 - On the marriage amendment
4.23.06 - One size does not fit all (immigration reform)
4.17.06 - Built to Thrill (CD review)
3.24.06 - The least among us get hosed (minimum wage)
2.16.06 - Let love conquer fear (HJR 2)
1.20.06 - Senator sings mash note to Alito
12.21.05 - $2,000 a second (cost of Iraq)
11.17.05 - Meet your neighbors, elect more Dems
10.18.05 - More BS (Brandi Swindell)
9.13.05 - A little humility (post-Katrina)
8.24.05 - Protesting Bush in Idaho
7.14.05 - The anguish of Iraq
7.4.05 - Another bittersweet Fourth
6.27.05 - I caught you a delicious bass
4.23.05 - Bush versus the press
5.28.05 - Dueling teacher groups (unions)
3.17.05- The death of Common(er) sense (energy policy)
2.2.05 - The tide turns in Idaho (marriage amendment)
12.30.04 - Year in review
11.05.04 - Ready to resist (post-election thoughts)
11.1.04 - No more Santa (Election Eve 2004)
10.11.04 - Why education matters
9.24.04 - Meow! (Great Bush joke)
7.27.04 - DNC, Day 2
7.5.04 - American beauty, American duty
6.24.04 - Reagan. Enough, already.
5.9.2004 - Mothering dissent (116th called up)
3.29.04 - What a load of Crap(o)
1.31.04 - One voter at a time (Burley, ID)
1.23.04 - Iowa, first person
12.16.03 - Bono and the Rebel Jesus
12.11.03 - Reaching out across racial lines
12.6.03 - Democrats for the West
11.21.03 - Disagreement proves we are a democracy
11.20.03 - Welcome Red State Rebels (first post)
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