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OPINION: Thanking veterans for our freedom
Hopefully this will be the start of a long tradition.
OPINION: Partisan rancor takes a brief vacation
Here’s something that you don’t normally see in Washington — the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Finance Committee standing side-by-side at a n…
OPINION: The presidential election from hell
It’s amazing. Seventy percent of American voters don’t want to see a Biden-Trump rematch, yet that’s what the two major political parties are giving us.
OPINION: Budget amendment no easy sell
Elected officials weigh pros, cons of Constitutional Convention
OPINION: For Haley, winning may not be everything
Dave Leroy, a former Idaho lieutenant governor and attorney general, is a co-chair of Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign in Idaho. He says the former U.N. amb…
OPINION: Moon jeers Idaho senators, cheers Rand Paul
Give a big welcome to the two new members of the Idaho RINO club — Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch.
OPINION: Why Republicans should ditch Trump
I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready for the Republican presidential race to end. So, I say good for Nikki Haley.
OPINION: Simpson, Fulcher say Mayorkas must go
Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher doesn’t watch much of the network newscasts, and generally he doesn’t think that he’s missing much. Since he lives and breathes …
OPINION: ‘Save us from ourselves,’ says Congress
Given the conservative nature of the Idaho Legislature, you’d think that a resolution calling for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution would sail th…
OPINION: Calls grow louder for budget amendment
Loren Enns describes himself as “a normal average Joe” from Florida who has never run for public office with “zero” political experience and “zero” name recogn…
OPINION: Launch grants: Game changer or money pit?
As a native Idahoan, I can speak with some authority about the Gem State being a great place to live, raise a family and play.
OPINION: Take Back Idaho takes aim at the far right
The terms “Republican” and “conservative” in Idaho are well defined … by Wayne Hoffman’s Idaho Freedom Foundation. And the only “true” Republicans in the state…
OPINION: Risch, Fulcher split on Ukraine aid
Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher is not one of the most sought-after talking heads for TV network news programs. Fulcher does not serve on a high-profile committ…
OPINION: Lawmaker: ‘Rational people’ need to step up in GOP
Bonneville County’s Republican Central Committee may have picked a fight against the wrong legislator.
OPINION: GOP lawmakers get no love back home
One thing I learned from my five years at the Post Register in the 1980s was the love that people in Idaho Falls had for Republicans. Almost as much as the Fou…
OPINION: Rubel — Join the party with ‘common sense’
House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel of Boise has an invitation for those who are fed up with right-wing politics, or the continued divisions within the Republica…