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John Livingston

Patients Suffer When Doctors and Reporters Don’t do their Homework

“The Idaho Board of Medicine did not review records before closing a complaint that alleged that Dr. Ryan Cole was providing substandard care to Covid 19 patients”. This was the first sentence in an article by Audrey Dutton in the Idaho Gazette on December 21st. Mrs. Dutton is a talented well-educated journalist with numerous awards […]

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Goals and Resolutions

Dear Editor, January 2023: A new year. A new beginning, new hope, and perhaps new resolutions. Unlike many people, I do not set New Year’s resolutions. I talked to many people that set resolutions, such as: to go to the gym, exercise, and lose weight. Most of these resolutions, unfortunately, will not last into February. […]

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Proper Role of Local Governments, Judges and Commissioners

This is the third and last part of the series on the Proper Role of Local Governments. Judges County Judges can be elected or appointed. I have seen both. It varies from state to state, and county to county. In Idaho, County judges are appointed. Nonetheless, the function of judges is clear: adjudication over cases […]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Gem State Patriot!

Questions we should all Ponder over the Holidays We don’t let athletes bet on games they have the ability to influence. Why do we allow Congress to invest in companies they regulate? Why is it that so many are more outraged that Brittney Griner was stuck in Russia than they were about innocent Americans being […]

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The Right to Revolution

Why do you suppose the First Amendment says, “Congress shall make no law…” while the Second Amendment says, “shall not be infringed”? Clearly, there is a difference in these statements. One limits a specific entity of government while the other is a blanket and all-encompassing statement. The right to keep and bear arms as recognized […]

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The Joke is on Them

Across America people are at each other’s throats, divided, with what appears to be little hope of coming together on the importance of retaining a bonded society. Once there was a clear understanding of what America stood for, the roots upon which it was founded. Slowly those roots of our society have been chipped away […]

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Losing Our Culture

America was founded by religious Christians who believed the Bible and followed it in their daily lives. We have gradually reached the point where Christianity has no place in public discourse. American culture is gradually being destroyed by left wing socialist ideas, and a foreign invasion that is working against everything that we hold dear. […]

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John Livingston

‘Tis the Season — “Hope and Joy”

Since the midterm elections, many conservatives have been disappointed. Why should a country that has been blessed with so much, been favored with the responsibility and the duty of liberty, been unable to connect to the virtues and values that have positioned us as the envy of the world? Why is our country so divided along […]

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Are Today’s Hospitals Big Business or Quality Healthcare?

Over twenty years ago I first was introduced to the concepts of “asymmetry, agency, and scale” while visiting my son’s finance class during parents’ weekend at Gonzaga. The teacher of the class, Mr. Kent Hickman was one of the authors of the textbook FOUNDATIONS OF CORPORATE FINANCE that is used even today at many colleges […]

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Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us

Twenty-five years ago, Daniel Goleman published his book EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EQ). (EQ) is the ability to perceive, use, understand, and handle one’s own emotions, but also the emotions of others. For my simple brain, it simply means the ability to understand our surroundings and how we relate to others, while at the same time seeing […]

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Idaho Victims of Pandemic Policy and Law

Actual Accounts by Victims of Covid Policies in Idaho The video you are about to see are actual accounts of victims affected by policies related to the Covid emergency by various factions in our state government and in some cases the CDC. It is important to understand what actually happened to many of Idaho’s citizens […]

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The 15-Minute Walk

As the United Nations (UN) and World Economic Forum (WEF) continue to chip away on getting people to move into cities and live in stacked, small apartments, the end goal is to limit the ability to move about freely and have full surveillance over them. Cities are being designed to provide everything one needs within a 15″ walk. […]

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