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OPINION: The party’s over, life goes on
Recently, I sent a note to editors and friends saying I was stepping aside from column writing and pursuing other …
TRUMP: More Republican folly
Idaho’s Representative Mike Simpson has proposed changing the name of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to honor Melania Trump. This would end the bipartisan tone of the theater adding to the political divide…
THANKS: Businesses support community
I’ve lived in the Silver Valley for 60 years and have never been so appreciative of the businesses from Rose Lake to Mullan. Their contributions for the Silver Valley Community Resource Center Spring Fling Silent A…
A big win for Osburn
Congratulations to Osburn Chief of Police Jason Woody
MEDICAID: Who are our representatives working for?
Both Senators Crapo and Risch voted to gut Medicaid which is how many children get health insurance, gut SNAP, gut food stamps, gut WIC, but still voted to allow those making over $500 million a year to get a tax c…
SAVE ACT: Suppresses the vote of women
Sen. Crapo has co-sponsored a bill making it harder for married women to vote. He claims this new law is to affirm that only citizens can vote in federal elections. There are some non-citizens holding green cards a…
TRUMP: The irony of it all
It is pretty ironic that the richest man in the world tells some of the poor that they have or are spending too much money. He’s chainsawing the veterans’ health care and social services in Idaho while our state le…
IRS: Cuts benefit the wealthy
Trump just cut the number of IRS agents, making them unable to continue collecting billions in back taxes from wealthy tax slackers. Those IRS agents were bringing in a lot more revenue than they were costing in wa…
PUBLIC LANDS: Don’t sell them
About every 20 years or so, there is some governor or state representative in the Western United States who proposes selling off public lands for development or resource exploitment. Lands that were originally set …
TRUMP: Morbid sense of humor?
If Donald Trump was just kidding about buying Greenland, taking back the Panama Canal, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, making Canada another state, then he has a morbid sense of humor.
OPINION: School choice plan called a ‘government handout’
The fight over school vouchers might be the leading issue going into this legislative session, but the term “vouchers” will have selective use.
HARRIS: Let’s get her elected
I heard one of the best orations I’ve heard in any of my 90 years recently by a former president. President Obama made the case for voting correctly this November.
LETTER: Hearn's criticisms of his opponent
I think people expect legal and ethical behavior from legislators and the voters of District 2 can be assured that they will get that from me when I am elected in November.
LETTER: Dist. 2 Voters lucky to have Hearn as candidate
District 2 voters are fortunate to have a candidate such as Tom Hearn running to be their state senator.
REGAN: Uncommon sense
Mr. Regan criticizes George Orwell’s advice to “reject evidence of your eyes and ears” and proceeds to tell us to reject the evidence of OUR eyes and ears by not believing what we saw and heard these last couple ye…