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John Livingston

Who Are the Real Fascists?

What is “gaslighting”? It is simply not telling the truth. We must however understand that the media and political elites who substitute a political narrative for facts that set the premise for any argument, must first not tell the truth. Their story of policy and philosophy has been a dismal failure. We must first understand […]

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John Livingston

Another Great Awakening — Please God!

I opined over a year ago that we need a new GREAT AWAKENING. As this election season draws to an end, I believe this is truer than ever before. We all know in our hearts that there is something wrong with the world, but there has always been something wrong with the world. There are […]

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John Livingston

Time to Act Forward

The issue of RACE that has come up increasingly in our politics this election year is intimately connected to the issue of what has been called our “great American sin”. Slavery, however, in all its various forms, is as old as history itself. In experiencing this great crime against humanity America is not unique. From […]

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John Livingston

Watchstanders Wanted

We are three weeks away from the Presidential election. Questioning election integrity has been a tradition in our country since at least the 1800 Election when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr defeated John Adams—the incumbent. Prior to the adaption of The 12th Amendment, the person receiving the most votes for President became President and the […]

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John Livingston

Informed by Faith

As political campaigns evolve and mature, as the factions become hardened and the number of people who will determine the election becomes a smaller fraction of the electorate—who could possibly be in the middle or undecided at this point in time in our country(?)—the words of my mother who ran many political Statewide election campaigns […]

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John Livingston

Taxation Without Representation

When I decided to write my two articles about taxes and local government I wondered if there would be any interest in the subject. I have received more e-mails and comments personally and on the phone from more people—including local legislators and politicians, than I have for any of my previous articles. It seems Idaho […]

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John Livingston

The Truth About Abortion

During last week’s Vice-Presidential Debate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota continually misrepresented the conservative position regarding abortion. Context is absolutely critical in this discussion so let us first understand that there are emergency indications for a therapeutic D&C and possibly other operative interventions. Nobody disagrees about these indications. Most commonly the list includes an ectopic […]

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John Livingston

Different Bubbles, Different Realities

EARTH GETS ITS PRICE FROM WHAT EARTH GIVES US….’ Kamala Harris said something at the beginning of her campaign for President that has been said a thousand times by those on the progressive liberal left over the past 60 years. She said that we were all born on different rungs of the ladder and those […]

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John Livingston

Our Constitution or Hope and Change

The upcoming General Election including the Presidential and Congressional Elections are not just about personalities and policies. It is more about the process of governance as we pass the political torch onto the next generations. Republicans of all stripes have shown an allegiance to our Constitution, to our Courts—no matter how much they have been […]

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John Livingston

Government Man or Man of the People

Last night was a great debate for the Trump-Vance ticket. J. D. Vance is a skilled debater and communicator. He is a serious prosecutor of the truth. He put on a clinic on the merits based on a political philosophy grounded in Natural Law and Biblical principles. Mr. Walz made a fleeting reference to Mathew—taken […]

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John Livingston

Different Visions — Different Values

I am a big fan of J. D. Vance. I grew up in Central Ohio and went to college in Springfield Ohio 12 miles away from where much of J. D.’s bestselling book HILLBILLY ELEGY took place. The single biggest message to me from that book was that every person needs at least one person […]

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John Livingston

The Corporate Practice of Medicine

I correspond regularly with about 30 doctors and nurses, most of them still in practice. Most live in Boise, but a few of them I spent time with on active duty in the Navy. The perspective that they have given me as they have looked into their own practices, their own concerns about the direction […]

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