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My Turn
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MY TURN: AI writing and beyond
Last week, I wrote 269 words for the back cover of a book I recently completed. After some edits, I thought it was…
McGeachin stays loyal to base while Little fumes
Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who is a proverbial heartbeat away from being Idaho’s next governor, might be making Gov. Brad Little’s heart flutter a bit.
Political parties: Oh, what a mess
The recent political turmoil our nation is facing has forced me to sit down and really consider the political parties, what they stand for and whether they’re necessary.
Haste Makes Waste: One more software fiasco
By UYLESS BLACK
North Idaho is Siberia for Dems for now
North Idaho, a one-time stronghold for Democrats in the Legislature, is down to one. And it appears to be a pretty good one in freshman Sen. David Nelson of Moscow.
Haste Makes Waste: The Boeing 737-MAX software failure
By UYLESS BLACK
Haste makes waste: The national health care software fiasco
By UYLESS BLACK
Haste makes waste
The national health care software fiasco
We will hunt them down?
A recent Guest Editorial by two Democrat Boise legislators offered a highly distorted, reckless, incendiary partisan take on Idaho’s new Medicaid expansion bil…
Haste makes waste
By UYLESS BLACK
A common sense immigration proposal from Mike Simpson
Congressman Mike Simpson has once again distinguished himself as the member of Idaho’s Congressional delegation who can think for himself. Simpson reportedly t…
Voters, petition-signers: Do your own research
I’m writing this in response to Anne Patterson’s opinion piece, printed on April 12, 2019, regarding why she didn’t sign the Prop 2 petition. I’m happy that Ms…
There is a bright side to the Medicaid sideboards
A good number of people — especially on the Democratic side — have good reason to be seething over the passage and governor’s signing of the controversial “sideboards” law that goes with Medicaid expansion. But the…
Rulebreaking and Lawmaking: The 2019 #IDLEG story
The 2019 legislative session tied for the third longest session in Idaho’s history. But it likely broke the record for the worst damage to the faith of people …
MEDICAID EXPANSION: A hand up, not a handout
This is in response to the My Turn guest opinion by Anne Patterson on Friday, April 12. Her opinion was that we don’t need to expand Medicaid for there is money out there for people to use to get proper health care…
Trying to understand the Middle East
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is finally out of Syria. Or is it? A last stand of resistance by the insurgent fighters was confronted recently by S…