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Jim Jones

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Updated 3 days, 6 hours ago

OPINION: How to tell who's a real conservative

See who most closely follows state, federal constitutions

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
OPINION: Idaho must once again send the hate mongers packing

Hate and bigotry often lurk just beneath the surface of civil societies. So long as a society is united in disapproving of hateful words and actions, those evi…

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
OPINION: Can we improve public education by subsidizing private education?

The president and CEO of Mountain States Policy Center, which styles itself as an “independent, free market think tank,” recently floated a thought piece on ho…

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
OPINION: Supreme Court strikes out its own team ahead of the 2022 elections

The Supreme Court doomed the Republican Party’s chances in the Nov. 8 election when it issued its abortion decision last June.

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
OPINION: Americans can honor veterans by doing their democracy homework

Every year on Nov. 11, Americans gather at Veterans Day observations to honor and thank America’s veterans for their service to the country. It is certainly ri…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
OPINION: A compliment to Raul Labrador for wanting to learn about Idaho water

It may seem out of place for the treasurer of one candidate for Attorney General to compliment the other candidate, but water law and policy is so vital to the…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
OPINION: AG candidates disagree on ER care

On Aug. 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its first-in-the-nation suit against a state law preventing women from receiving necessary emergency care…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
OPINION: Idaho Freedom Foundation misinforms about the education initiative

The ill-named Idaho Freedom Foundation, which essentially owns and operates the extremist branch of today’s Republican Party, wants to destroy the Gem State’s …

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
OPINION: Judge them by their actions, not their words

Members of Idaho’s Congressional delegation would probably not receive any heroism awards for their actions relating to the PACT Act, also known as the “burn p…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
OPINION: A Moon waxes as a Luna wanes

The present-day Republican Party has revealed who it really is and it ain’t pretty. Many of us thought that Tom Luna was way too far to the right, but the newl…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
OPINION: Minidoka reminds us to remain vigilant against racial injustice

The camp was one of 10 established in the Western states in 1942 to imprison Japanese Americans.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
OPINION: Idaho's founders put a high priority on gun safety and responsibility

The foremost responsibility of today's gun owners is to safeguard the rights and safety of those who live among them.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
OPINION: We can pay respect to our fallen by being better Americans

Memorial Day is a time set aside for Americans to honor and mourn U.S. military personnel who died in service to their country.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
OPINION: Freedom Foundation's bark is worse than its bite

Most Idaho Freedom Foundation-supported statewide candidates were defeated

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
OPINION: Idaho desperately needs help from its independent voters on May 17

Article 1, section 19 of the Idaho Constitution boldly proclaims: “No power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere with or prevent the free and lawful…

Updated 1 year, 12 months ago
OPINION: People should not be discouraged from exercising their lawful rights

We often hear of folks who take advantage of tax breaks that some would view as unfair, but they can’t be faulted if the law specifically provides for the brea…