Opinion
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Protecting our water resources in Idaho
District 1 legislators discuss local issues and concerns in the weekly Notes from Boise column.
VA reductions will harm veterans and their care
Attention veterans — VFW, VVA, DAV, AL, MCL, MOPH, Iraq/Afghanistan, etc. — all veterans organizations need to stand up to Trump, Musk, Vance, etc., and fight against this major reduction of Veterans Administration…
Federal workers are both our friends, neighbors
The other night as I was going to sleep the following quote came to mind. “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtu…
Mud vacation in Bonner County
When we first moved to the farm on Beers Road, there were a total of five families on our county road. The road was narrow and grass grew in the center.
Idaho continues legacies of underfunding its schools
Idaho schools consistently rank last in the nation for public school funding per child. The Republican-controlled Legislature has been starving our schools for years, so much so that the Idaho Supreme Court told th…
The moral necessity of informed consent for vaccines
The failure of Panhandle Health District board members to honestly address how patients are informed of the risks and benefits of vaccine products at the March 3 PHD meeting reveals a troubling cowardice and incomp…
Legislature should not fund individual wants
House Bills 40 and 304 sped through committee and are up for third readings. Why? We do not have a revenue projection. Add the high probability of economic headwinds and a decrease in sales tax revenue; all the …
Kindness, consideration go a long way
I have a friend who works for Door Dash to earn extra money in this increasingly expensive economy. She works really hard in her full-time job and just as hard at this side hustle. As Door Dash is a newer concept t…
Sandpoint High should reconsider SmartPass
The SmartPass system, which rolled out at Sandpoint High School on February 27, presents significant risks that outweigh its intended benefits. While marketed as a tool to improve security and streamline student move…
We've gone from being admired to reviled
Post-World War II, America was deservedly admired as courageous and just. Now, thanks to Trump we are laughed at, feared by our oldest allies and our national anthem is booed. We are perceived as being governed by …
Transgenders don't belong in the U.S. military
Now the Attorney General politicos in Olympia, Washington, want to allow transgenders in the military and keep the ones who are already in there. Why?
When 'public' events become 'private'
How precious, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee advertises an open to the "public" town hall meeting.
Opponents misrepresent Medicaid expansion, costs
In recent action in the House Health and Welfare Committee, District 1 Representative Cornel Rasor voted aye to send the Medicaid expansion conditions bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation. The motion pas…
What happened to the cost of fast food?
My wife went grocery shopping locally the other morning and called me just before noon and ask if she could pick me up something for lunch.
The price of eggs and supply and demand
I have never understood the law of supply and demand. Whenever there is a shortage, the item starts costing more? Today we have a short supply of eggs; $1.78 for dozen eggs is now $6 or more. Did chicken feed, and …
Trump's actions are a disgrace to Ukraine's bravery
I find it very difficult to understand why President Donald Trump has sold out Ukraine. Is the U.S. going to abandon our support for democratic countries and instead ally ourselves with dictators like Vladimir Puti…