Supporting Idaho families and Idaho values
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
The August 2023 issue of High Country News features a provocative article on the “Greater Idaho” secessionist movement written by freelance Oregon journalist Leah Sottile. Sottile compares the current attempt by some in eastern Oregon to move the Oregon-Idaho boundary westward with Read More
Three years from now, our nation will celebrate the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. As we approach our 247th Fourth of July celebration this year, we should revisit the most familiar passage in the Declaration’s preamble: “We Read More
