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Media bias has truth - and value
If possession is nine-tenths of the law (and of course it isn't), then perception is nine-tenths of relative reality. In other words, facts don't dictate common perceptions nearly as much as does our inner biases.
Don't worry, Bill, this Friday won't be 'the end of the world'
I've had dozens of people ask me in recent days to comment on the so-called Mayan prophecies concerning the 'End of the World' due to occur this Friday, Dec. 21, on the winter solstice.
How to make U.S. greater
What comes to mind when you hear "America?" You think of the land of opportunity, a nation that was ahead of its time when it gave its citizens the right to decide their own government, a place where a hardworking …
Don't give Obama so much credit
I read with interest David Adler's well written "My Turn" and felt compelled to address the subject, because many Americans will read something like this and get the impression that it is something President Obama …
Here's the real book on Mormons
Regarding a couple of editorials made last week relative to the article "The Book on Mormons," I felt compelled to address the extracurricular issues raised by these enthusiasts for so-called "orthodoxy." If Sharon…
Let there be light
Happy Hanukkah.
Gap widening between young people and jobs
The state of the American economy continues to dominate the news, but one statistic is startling and demands our attention: The number of employed youth is at the lowest rate since the 1950s.
Twelves are wild for local students
Middle schoolers Sialas Tripp and Alexis Davis have something in common, even though as students at Lakes Magnet Middle School and River City Middle School, respectively, their paths haven't crossed until today.
Mission builds life-skill
There is a Japanese philosophy that goes something like this: Living, like painting, is a skill.
Wild 'extremes' weatherwise continuing on a global scale
I've received numerous phone calls and emails concerning this past summer's record melting of Arctic sea ice, an area bigger than the United States.
Progressive means going forward
Brett Regan's My Turn printed on Nov. 28 is based on a false distinction. He claims that Progressives wish for the state to ensure equality of outcome, while Conservatives believe in the power of the individual to …
Build a state-based insurance exchange
Idaho rarely looks to the federal government for the right answers. Governor Butch Otter now has the opportunity to keep a federal bureaucracy at bay, by creating our own Idaho solution to a critical issue: health …
Now is the time to lead, Mr. President
Americans' anxiety over the ability of representatives in Washington to prevent the nation from falling off the fiscal cliff is yet another reminder of the failure of leadership in the nation's capital. Fears of ri…
Attitudes shifting on gays
It may have been only a matter of time, but time is picking up speed.
Still going strong at age 90
Frank Henderson will be sworn into his fifth term in office in the Idaho House of Representatives in Boise tomorrow. It also happens to be his 90th birthday which will make Frank by far the most senior member of th…