Supporting Idaho families and Idaho values
As we approach the final weeks of the upcoming election, it seems even local candidates are being asked about the nation’s broken immigration system. While law enforcement officials understandably decry those smuggling Fentanyl into the U.S., candidate Trump is misleading the public Read More
One of the comments I heard repeatedly about last week’s Democratic National Convention pertained to variety of faces so evident on the TV screen. Whether the camera focused on a speaker, families or the state delegations, the kaleidoscope of ages, genders, races Read More
One could easily argue that the reason to have a party platform is to have everyone of a similar political persuasion loyally support the same planks and policies. The Bonneville County Republican Party has made headlines trying to enforce their platform to Read More
E PLURIBUS UNUM is the traditional motto of America familiar to anyone who looks closely at our coins, currency or passport covers. These Latin words, meaning “Out of Many, One,” referred to the unity of our 13 diverse colonies as they fought Read More
As a mainline Protestant who strongly believes in the separation of church and state, I find alarming the current efforts of right-wing Christians to remove constitutional safeguards against government-imposed religion. Across the nation, Christian nationalists empowered by the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning Read More
Of all the approaches one encounters in today’s political sphere, few are as misunderstood as the art of compromise. Too often, those leading political factions or ideological groups decry any compromise as an unacceptable yielding of their fundamental values or beliefs. Viewing Read More
