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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 …
RAGE: It's inescapable
About the sheriff’s report road rages article in Friday’s Press.
CEMETERY: Keep it sacred
This letter is written in regard to an article in Thursday’s Press.
BRIDGE: Center badly needed
I would like to comment on the letter to the News-Press on June 30 about the Bridge Community Center. I am one of the lots of people who went to this place, used the facilities. There were so so many programs going…
HILLARY: New legal standard
This week we learned that one must not only commit a crime but that there must also be evidence proving that the crime was done intentionally. FBI director James Comey suggests that no charges be brought against Hi…
RIGHTS: Amendments are equal
In response to the eloquent diatribe written by the Liningers: First, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution provides equal protections to those American citizens who are members of the LGBTQ community. Here is the…
SHOOTING: That's big news
Re: Sniper attack in Dallas:
POEM: About poems
Poems tell a story
OBAMA: Picking wrong targets
After the shooting in San Bernardino, Obama did not say one word against the radicalized Islamist shooters. Instead, he urged Americans not to be islamaphobic.
CRIME: Goes back to D.C.
“Coalition of Western States has Investigated Twin Falls Child Rape.” It is my opinion that the victims of this crime are also victims of obstruction of justice for the political aspirations of failed White-House p…
CHOICES: We're allowed ours
In the July 3 paper, Nate Montgomery tries to refute our claim that the so-called Human Rights Commission does not just endorse gays and that lifestyle. Prove it! He doesn’t!
CHINA: One big threat
After reading the warm war second article by Uyless Black, I feel compelled to respond.
HILLARY: Let it go, GOP
What happened to We the People, For the People, By the People? Now we want to waste millions on prosecuting Hillary Clinton for emails that probably didn’t say any more than what they say on the evening news.
SUICIDE: No laughing matter
I was unsettled after reading the comics on Friday, July 1. The comic “WUMO” by Wulff & Morgenthaler depicts a man preparing to commit suicide for what was intended by the artist to be deemed as trivial reasons. By…
THIEF: Ammo box stolen from veterans
Dear cheeseball thief,
GUNS: Pick right targets
I have but one question for Ms. Callen and Mr. Boothe. Since even the military does not use this term to describe their small arms, what exactly is an assault rifle or weapon? Since they probably don’t really know,…