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Letter to the Editor: Local Control for Education

My daughter posted a picture recently of my 5-year-old granddaughter with a not so beautiful grimace on her face. Next to it, was a picture of her 2-year-old sister with a mischievous smile and hands held high covered in Desitin? Upon closer examination, you can see that Brynnley’s face, along with a few other things […]

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Can You Buy a Supreme Court Seat?

A message from David Ripley of Idaho Chooses Life We are deeply troubled after reading the candidates finance report for Robyn Brody who in a very short period of time has amassed a political war chest of some $175,000 in her bid to win a seat on the Supreme Court. The real surprise was seeing […]

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Ranchers’ Lives Matter

By morning it might be all over but the shouting. The Hammond Ranch ordeal will be well in the making and at this time who knows if cooler heads will prevail. The line in the sand has been drawn and unlike the line President Obama made with Syria, this line is likely to be crossed […]

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Evolving tactics have not changed tea party mission

Originally published here Conservative organizations have been battling with establishment Republicans for the past five years. In retrospect, the 2010 takeover of the House by Republicans was achieved because of conservative groups like the tea parties who were fed up with President Obama’s agenda.

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Letter to the Editor by Russell Joki, West Ada School Board Trustee, Zone 5

When I ran for the board, my campaign was pretty simple: Fiscal Integrity, Support Teachers, Involve Parents.

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Letter to the Editor: ‘The Media on CAIR’

I would like to tell you about an incident that occurred while I was at a protest against the Council on American and Islamic Relations (CAIR).

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‘Campus carry’ in Idaho is still mostly illegal

The world was saddened by the news of another mass shooting on Thursday, and the tale of a gunman shooting people in the head at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, quickly reignited the debate over concealed carry, campus carry, and the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.

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Letter to the Editor – Concerns about the UN

Are you aware that the goal of elitists is a one world (United Nations) government? This will require us to greatly lower our standard of living! Reduce energy supplies and trade merger agreements are part of the plan!

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Reasons to Terminate the Refugee Resettlement Program at the College of Southern Idaho

The tax funded refugee resettlement program is not an enumerated or implied power of the federal government and should not be funded in any way.

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Letter to the Editor

Editor: The Founding Father’s principles of liberty are discussed in the book, “The 5000 Year Leap,” by W. Cleon Skousen.

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Letter to the Editor by Darr Moon

Dear Patriots, The coercive nature of all political experience rears its ugly head once again dressed up as SB1067, a crumb left on the table at the close of Idaho’s last legislative session. Should Idaho’s legislators fall to the notion that federal money drives all good, money that will eventually be collected from yet unborn […]

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SB 1067: Idaho Doesn’t Always Twirl by Rep. Ronald M. Nate

It’s not right for Idaho to be bullied into losing protections for Idaho children and families just to keep a few more federal dollars, writes Rep. Ronald M. Nate (R-34) Our dog, Boo, never twirls just because she wants to. But, when my daughter holds a treat in the air and says, “Twirl,” Boo jumps […]

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