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John Livingston

Critical Thinking & Moral Leadership

Every week I receive many e-mails about my Gem State Patriot Posts. I don’t even know how people got my e-mail address, but I very much appreciate the instructive, constructive, and even destructive criticisms. One of my best critics is a cross country truck driver named Bill and he said I was getting too negative […]

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John Livingston

Spiritual Economics

We live in a material world and because of that we live our lives in the context of scarcity. We are called on to work by the necessity of having to provide for ourselves, our families, and our neighbors. In the creation story in Exodus God himself is seen as “working”, ultimately creating His greatest […]

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UPCOMING EVENT: Idaho Victims of Pandemic Policy & Law

Monday September 26, 2022 9am-6pm Nampa Civic Center311 3rd St S Nampa, ID 83651 Come join us for a listening event, to learn about the effects of the past two years on people’s lives, their professions, their health, and their families. Listen and communicate with national experts on medical related pandemic policy, biology, treatments, and […]

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Idaho’s Government Offers ‘Porn Literacy’ and Other Corrupting Practices to K-12 Students

Printed with permission of the Idaho Freedom Foundation Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) implements sex education curriculum endorsed by Planned Parenthood in schools. The curriculum and training for sex education facilitators is purchased from an interest group that promotes queering education and normalizing the consumption of pornography.  Idaho law requires sex education taught […]

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Opinions / Op-eds

Our Forests are Dying from Beetles as Wildfires Become More Prevalent

Greeting, Senators Crapo and Risch; Representatives Simpson and Fulcher; Governor Little; Lt. Governor McGeachin and the Idaho State Legislature: OUR FORESTS ARE DYING! SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO STOP THE PINE BEETLES. Please work to restore DDT to stop the death of our precious forests. DDT was used very safely to control Pine Beetles. Poor […]

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John Livingston

The Idaho Ministry of Plenty (And Still No Audits)

We are certainly living in a dystopian upside-down world that was anticipated in George Orwell’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. With that classic novel in mind, I would like to respectfully submit to Idahoans and especially our political leaders a plan to restructure our state government based on the “Orwellian Model” The Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, the Ministry […]

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John Livingston

Questions That Need To Be Answered

For the past several months I have called for an out brief by State Officials of the Covid Response in Idaho. I respectfully asked for what has traditionally for the past 130 years in medicine been referred to as a Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) review of the State and local health districts response to the […]

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John Livingston

Stewardship

The three pericopes from Mathew and Luke’s gospels—The Parables of The Faithful Steward (Mathew and Luke) and The Expectant Servant (Luke) and The Unjust Servant (Luke) teach us great lessons about fidelity within our households and businesses, but also the responsibility of –FIDUCIARY and agency that applies to those doing the people’s business in government. […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Is Idaho Heading for Moral Bankruptcy?

With the advent of two of the Treasure Valleys’ two most populated cities coming out in support of Gay Pride event which includes children participating in a Drag Queen event, one has to think “What in heaven’s name is going on in our state?” As I’m writing this, there is a wildfire on Brundage Mountain […]

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Are you a MAGA Republican?

Friends, In less than 30 days, Biden has shown just how far he will go to stay in power. Not only did we watch the politically motivated raid of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence… Biden then doubled down on his political persecution, calling “MAGA Republicans” the BIGGEST THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. It’s time for freedom-loving Idahoans […]

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A Reminder to the Citizens of Idaho

There are eight levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a socialist state. Marxist Saul Alinsky wrote, Rules for Radicals. Hillary Clinton wrote her senior thesis project on Alinsky. The US is close to being a Socialist state! The Three main rules are: Divide the people on many issues […]

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John Livingston

Biology Matters? – The Lies We Tell Ourselves

My Quaker grandmother and her mother were “suffragettes” who were early 20th century “feminists” The feminist movement at that time believed in the “uniqueness” of femininity and the unique perspective that a women could give to the civic discourse. It was very much appreciated back then that women were different than men. The needs of “family […]

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