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OPINION: Just like everyone else, Idaho’s Attorney General must comply with the law
Three years ago, I joined five other former Idaho Attorneys General in describing that important position as “the …
RARE DISEASE: Today's the day
We all hear about cancer, multiple sclerosis, autism, and the list goes on and on. We rarely hear about people who live with rare diseases. Some are so rare, they do not have a name to identify their final diagnose…
GUNS: Pursue common goal
Can we all take a deep breath and realize that we all want the same thing? We all want school shootings/violence to end! This is NOT about politics! This is about lives! IF…we are in agreement, can we move from the…
GUNS: Follow Israel's lead
Our nation has heartbreakingly endured another school shooting. The debate rages trying to deal with these horrific attacks.
NRA: Not Real Americans
If they were true Americans, they would not stonewall attempts by Real Americans to bring gun control to our country and stop the shootings in our schools and our communities. The NRA has twisted the Second Amendme…
GUNS: Wrong question asked
As students walk out of school to demonstrate and protest the most recent school shooting, they all seem to be asking “How?” How did the shooter get the rifle? How did the shooter get into the school? How can we al…
GUNS: Hold schools accountable
Given the frequency of school shootings it would seem that schools should have a higher degree of accountability in preventing people that are carrying metallic weapons from passing through their doors. Metal detec…
GUNS: Don't arm teachers
I am so impressed with the thinking and attitudes of the high school students I see reacting to the school-shooting problems that we’re faced with. What a refreshing thing to see such intelligence and “statesmanshi…
GUNS: Consistency left out
According to the left, we should raise the age of eligibility to buy an AR-15 to 21. This is apparently a great idea; after all, 21 is the age required to buy a handgun from an FFL dealer. This would apparently kee…
GUNS: NRA mission vs. myth
Bill Rutherford, I feel your grief and frustration in finding an answer to the shooting in Florida. I, like you, have similar backgrounds when it comes to guns. I grew up shooting and hunting. Guns were always ther…
GUNS: One possible option
Let’s go back before the Iraq War:
GUNS: We've had enough
When is enough, enough? How many more kids have to die at school? How many more teachers and coaches have to die protecting our children? When is it time to talk about it? Politicians on TV say we can’t “politicize…
GUNS: Respect whole amendment
It’s time to look at the Second Amendment with fresh eyes. Read it as it is written: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall …
GUNS: Listen to mom
Nicole Hockley, mother of Dillon Hockley, murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary, and co-founder of the Newtown Sandy Hook Promise, spoke to Donald Trump at the White House Wednesday saying, “This is not difficult. Thes…
EO: Breath of freedom
The Great State of Idaho is now not only the most beautiful state in the union but now it is the BRIGHTEST! Not only are we a “liberty first” state, we are now the state leading the way for other states to join wit…
SCHOOLS: Disturbed by district
School District 271 finally used a little common sense to bring a property they own to its best use. I remember in the 1980s that Hayden Lake School was unaccredited, but we used it anyway and 30 years later it’s s…