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Enemies Within the Church

There is a new documentary out, Enemies Within The Church, which documents the decline of evangelical Christianity and the rise of liberalism within the church. Every Christian who is concerned about liberty needs to watch this film and share it with your friends. The film makes the point that the modern church has neglected any […]

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Truth or Consequences

Truth or Consequences, created by Ralph Edwards in 1956 was a popular television game show in which contestants who failed to correctly answer trivia questions had to perform stunts. This reminds me of what is currently happening in our legacy news and social media. The only problem is there never seem to be any consequences […]

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Idaho Republican Party Restores Voters’ Right to Vote in Presidential Contest

Challis, ID — Yesterday, members of the Idaho Republican State Central Committee overwhelmingly voted to choose their delegates for the Republican National Convention’s Presidential Nominating contest through a caucus system, adopting a caucus proposal at our summer meeting in Challis, Idaho.  This vote moves Idaho into the early stages of the Republican Presidential nominating fight […]

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IDFG & Wildlife Disease

Tremendous dichotomies exist with land management. Money pours in for forest fire prevention while at the same time forests are allowed to become burdened with fuel loads that only act as incinerators. “We let forests burn” is an insane ideology. Fires destroy the habitat environmentalists crusade to protect. The introduction of wolves has resulted in […]

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John Livingston

City Planning is Not Settled Science

In any organization, but I believe especially in government, there is always a tension between “good intentions” and competence. We all want to live in a utopian world. We want to live a humanistic existence where there are no consequences to bad decisions. Responsibility and accountability are hidden behind political philosophical agendas that have almost […]

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John Livingston

Fathers

I was a scout team player on the 1969 Wittenberg Tiger football team. That team won the first NCAA National Championship Football game ever played. Though it was a division 3 team we had some very Big Time Players that could have played anywhere in the country. One of them was Wes Bates the founder […]

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Too Many Attorneys in our Washington D.C. Legislature

[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ voice=”UK English Male” buttontext=”Listen to Article”] I’ve been wondering for some time why is our country in such a mess politically and I think l have found at least a partial answer to the question. I did a little research and found out that most of our members of Congress and the Senate […]

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Trump indictment is latest blow to Americans’ faith in government

In our society, the trust and confidence of the people in government institutions is vital. The misuse of law enforcement to target political rivals has deeply eroded Americans’ faith in our institutions. Conservative Republicans have always emphasized the need to preserve the delicate balance of power outlined in our Constitution. Misusing law enforcement to target […]

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Education: A Once Noble Profession

Education was once a very noble profession, in fact the best. So where did we get off base? We got off base when the National Education Association ceased to be a professional association which sought to improve education, to one that simply lobbied for more money for teachers. Education hearkens back to the great philosophers […]

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SDG #2 In Idaho

Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are being implemented across the world, with Idaho being no exception in this scheme. and making its own contributions to SDG #2: Zero Hunger. Idaho participates in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp program, that provides the ability of low-income families to […]

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John Livingston

And the Beat Goes On

I have been enlightened and energized over the past 6 months as our Preserve Plantation Neighborhood organization has become engaged in the effort to stop 750 single family homes (the vast majority high-density apartment units reaching heights of 65-feet in 4 plus story buildings) from being built on 22.5 acres of our legacy golf course. If approved […]

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John Livingston

Apathy and Dependence

The most informative page— (A-5), in the Weekend Wall Street Journal today is an advertisement. It starts off with a well-known quote from Alexander Fraser a Scottish Professor at Edinburgh in 1887: “A democracy is always temporary in nature. It simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government (we are a Republic—jl). Democracies will […]

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