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MY TURN: North Idaho College is proof voting works
There will always be a need to safeguard the gemstone of our community.
MY TURN: Northern Lakes Fire levy could make big difference
Imagine you’re relaxing at home and you’re suddenly experiencing chest pain like you’ve never felt. You know enough to suspect you’re having a heart attack, so you dial 911 and tell the dispatcher your problem. She…
Constitutional conservatives, here's your call to action
Constitutional conservatism is a venerable tradition, as old as the republic. It has championed the principles of law and order, limited government and protection of Americans’ liberty. At its peak, it was an avowe…
An engineer's analysis of Boeing's woes
Mr. Uyless Black’s peroration on the 737MAX has some opportunities for improvement. To put this in perspective, an actual airline pilot who writes an aviation column called Ask the Pilot has said on any number of o…
The History of Patriots' Day
The history of Patriots’ Day takes us back nearly two and a half centuries to April 19, 1775. It was on this day that the Battles of Lexington and Concord were…
MY TURN: Burn the Witch! The Rise of Guilt by Proximity
There is an alarming practice that the media is engaging in that threatens rights at the very foundation of our Republic, the Freedom of Speech and the Freedom…
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…