In 1988 journalist Randy Stapilus wrote and published Paradox Politics, a history of the last half-century of Idaho politics. As in many other places, politics in Idaho has changed a great deal since then, and now Stapilus has published The Stuck Pendulum, a sequel to the book from the 80s bringing the story of Idaho politics up to date.
RANDY STAPILUS is editor and publisher of Ridenbaugh Press, edits the Idaho Weekly Briefing and the Snake River Basin Adjudication Digest and has written a number of books about Idaho, including Paradox Politics, the Idaho 100 (with Martin Peterson), Governing Idaho (with James Weatherby) and the Idaho Political Field Guide. He worked for newspapers in Boise, Pocatello, Nampa, Lewiston and Coeur d’Alene, and his weekly column on Idaho politics runs in several Idaho newspapers. After living in Idaho for about 30 years, he and his wife Linda now live in Carlton, Oregon.