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Opinion

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Updated 4 days, 3 hours ago

Protecting our water resources in Idaho

District 1 legislators discuss local issues and concerns in the weekly Notes from Boise column.

Updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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…

Updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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 …

Updated 3 weeks ago
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…

Updated 3 weeks ago
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…

Updated 3 weeks ago
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 …

Updated 3 weeks ago
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?

Updated 3 weeks ago
When 'public' events become 'private'

How precious, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee advertises an open to the "public" town hall meeting.

Updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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…

Updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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.

Updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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 …

Updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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…

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Sex, gender and clearly defined terms

I appreciate Randi Lui’s mostly respectful letter to the editor in response to my earlier submission. First, I stand corrected, biologic sex is not 100% binary. It is estimated that between 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 4,500…

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Government is a service, not a business

I am retired. I worked for the US Forest Service for 46 years, all of it in Boundary County, Idaho. I am not acting as a spokesperson for the Forest Service or any other agency.

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Display pride but don't demean others

Instead of demeaning others, maybe he could just say how proud he is of himself.

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Politics and federal government jobs

Thoughts on politics and federal jobs.