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How Can We Reach We the People?

During the November Liberty Dinner in Pocatello, there was a comment on how little participation there was in public forums. I have observed this to be true in City Council meetings, County meetings, School Board meetings, and many others. Since the mid-term elections are concluded, I heard many ask the question, “What is the Price […]

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John Livingston

Reckless Endangerment by the Liberal Media

Will they be the cause of America’s Demise? History repeats itself. Conservatives who complain rightfully about “false news”, are following in the footsteps of their brethren’s in the British Parliament 100 years ago. Stanley Baldwin, a first cousin of Rudyard Kipling, delivered a speech at Queens Hall in London in 1931. The speech in my […]

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John Livingston

Love the Sinner and Hate the Sin

I very much appreciate the feedback I receive on my Gem State articles. Fortunately, most of the very negative feedback comes via e-mail. The response that I received about my pushing back on the comments of Sunny Hostin when she opined on TV that Jesus would be at the head of the LGBT parade have […]

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John Livingston

The Price of Political Courage

Conservatives when discussing issues of political philosophy and public policy with progressive liberals (Democrats and Republicans) believe that progressive policies are bad, but those people who believe in such policies are good people and well-meaning. On the other hand, our opponents not only think that our ideas are bad, but we are in fact bad […]

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John Livingston

Teaching our Children to “Never Give Up”

This has been a big week for me. The Ohio State vs. Michigan game was an absolute bust for Ohio State fans. On Thursday night, I went to my granddaughter’s piano recital at the Dunkley Music Hall in Eagle. My granddaughter Lilly is 11 years old, and she played jingle bells “perfectly”. There were 8 […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Why Trump Deserves a Second Term

What is amazing to me is how quickly so many Republican politicians have turned their back on the first president in three decades who has actually helped the American people. His only fault was not recognizing how big and powerful the deep state was. It’s hard to fight an enemy when you don’t see them […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

The Systematic Gaslighting of America

How Liberal Media and Big Tech are destroying our country Gaslighting is not something new and if we go back through history, you will find that gaslighting bears a remarkable resemblance to what we would call “Propaganda” back in the 1940s. Gaslighting as presented by Wikipedia is a colloquialism, loosely defined as manipulating someone so […]

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Restoring Election Integrity

Dear Editor, The 2022 General Election has been concluded. There are still unsettling questions in Americans’ minds, such as: the red wave that should have taken place, Republican control of the Legislature, and the Arizona gubernatorial race. There is one more question though. In a recent statement, Kari Lake said that she would continue to […]

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Carbon Dioxide is a Valuable Gas

I recently read an interesting article in the Range Magazine for Winter 2022, Bits and Spurs pp 26-27. The author, Robb Kendrick, says that he worked for National Geographic for 32 years. I am sure it is evident that if someone has worked for National Geographic for 32 years, they are probably not predisposed to […]

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John Livingston

What Would Jesus Say?

Sunny Hostin, one of the hosts on THE VIEW, opined last week that “if Jesus were on earth right now—He would play a leading role in The LGBT parade.” The assumption of the moral high ground without a moral predicate is common amongst secular humanists who believe that they can define for themselves their own […]

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John Livingston

Legalized Corruption in Government Sponsored Medical Care

Who will Stop the Corruption, Malfeasance and Complicity? Two items crossed my computer screen this morning within minutes of each other. One was an e-mail from an Idaho State Legislator complaining about my use of the word “corruption”. He believed by my describing many of the processes that occur in our state government in the […]

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John Livingston

Everything is not Black or White

Today’s Media Tries to Rewrite American History The common saying that the news today becomes the history of tomorrow is probably only partially true. History has a context. The news in real time substitutes a narrative in the place of context. One would think that because there are so many sources of news today, it […]

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