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Opinion

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Updated 5 months, 1 week ago

OPINION: Harris gives Dems a needed wake-up call

What a difference a single decision can make in a presidential election.

Updated 4 years, 2 months ago
Research it

It’s odd to me how people will form an opinion or decide to vote a specific way based on no factual information or by using factual misinformation.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Soto says he could do better than Fulcher

Talk with Congressman Russ Fulcher and you’ll get the idea that this year’s elections have all the drama of a yawning festival.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Vote-Vote

It is about time we the people start speaking up. I just read the letters to the editor in the Shoshone News Press.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Words of wisdom

Question everything, do not be lead by pied pipers just because the music sounds sweet, for they lead you to a pit full of despair and agony defeat.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
What I told my son

I told my son: “do not lie, do not cheat, do not steal, be humble and kind. Give not expecting anything in return—do your giving because it is the right thing to do.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Enforce mask use at Walmart!

I shopped at Walmart last night and in spite of a large sign at the entry saying that masks are required, it is not being enforced.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Slow down in Wardner!

To the residents and visitors to our small city of Wardner.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Vote NO for the State Constitutional Amendment

I write to encourage every Idaho voter to vote NO for the State Constitutional Amendment that will appear on our November 3 ballot.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Decisions from the top not fun, but necessary

During the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, when almost everything was shut down, people in my Meridian neighborhood found a way to get through those …

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Statesmanship? Debate? I think not.

Just recently, watching Ken Burns' expertly presented series on television THE ROOSEVELTS, I've been reflecting on the statesmanship that was demonstrated in the lives of both Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Sprucin' up Pinehurst kudos

Another season has come and almost gone and I haven’t written our thank yous to the people, organization, churches, and business who generously donated the flowers, plants, and hanging baskets we all so enjoyed in …

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Thanks for the letter, Jon!

I want to thank Jon Ruggles for his letter "Paramilitaries In America".

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Thoughts on militias

Jon Ruggles makes a common mistake regarding militias and the National Guard.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Enjoy your hate

I have lived here for 5 years. I moved to the Silver Valley and bought a house that had been for sale 6 months and foreclosed on.

Updated 4 years, 3 months ago
Letter to the Editor: Treacherous climate change

Washington Governor Jay Inslee hit the nail on the head about climate change as the cause of wildfires in the Western United States.