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Opinion

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Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago

OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?

Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
OPINION: Sen. Len Jordan reflected the values of Idaho’s traditional Republicans

Former U.S. Senator Len Jordan served Idaho with distinction from 1962 through 1972. He was a conservative Republican who brought courage and individualism to …

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
VOTE: Follow your principles

First let us remember governments are instituted and derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
CAR WASHES: Why so many?

Maybe it’s already been covered, but can you help me understand what is going on?

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
BOOK STORE: Thanks for community support

The Well-Read Moose is a very definite asset to our community.

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT: Describes hippies and ‘Trumplicans’

The Dave Pulis letter to the editor “Hippies: To Blame For Most Problems” was very entertaining if not ironic.

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
LIBRARIES: Let’s address real issues

We find ourselves amidst a controversy surrounding the books in our libraries. Some claim that these books expose our children to explicit content or LGBTQ+ ideas, pushing for bans and censorship.

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
EDITORIAL: Community stands at key crossroads

Your vote Tuesday will help shape which direction we go - constructive or destructive

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
MILITARY: Bringing back the draft?

Involuntary military recruitment? “Confuse’s sez”: “Old age and trickery will overcome youth and skill!”

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
AMERICA: Morality hangs in the balance

John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
TAXES: Just ‘write them a big check’

To the individual on here that is telling us we “don’t pay enough taxes.”

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
ABOUT RIGHTS: Not kids in bathrooms

I read Mr. Knoll’s opposition to my letter regarding LGTBQ rights. Let me be clear sir, this isn’t about scared children in bathrooms. This is all about how you have the right to be Christian.

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
OPINION: What’s the truth about our libraries?

Library board candidates Plass and Hanley and their political allies are resorting to misinformation about “porn in the libraries.”

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
EDITORIAL: Don't let partisanship set sail

Nonpartisan elections meant to be party-free

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
OPINION: Five reasons why ranked choice voting is a bad idea

“Reclaim Idaho” — the activist group that successfully pushed the troubled expansion of Medicaid in Idaho, as well as a ballot measure that would have raised i…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
AFFILIATIONS: Should be identified

It seems to me that former faculty members of NIC or CHS 271 should be required to identify as such while commenting on policy affecting policy at those institutions.