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Author: Todd DeVries

Local Issues, National Issues, Op-Eds

When hate speech goes unchallenged, people get hurt

June 15, 2024June 30, 2024Todd DeVries

Just this week, an Idaho Falls woman of color was publicly humiliated at her place of employment. Our community must do better at recognizing and challenging when words become weapons. June is an exciting time for people wanting to honor the advancement Read More

Local Issues, Op-Eds

Guns in schools? Not again!

February 10, 2024February 17, 2024Todd DeVries

The Idaho Legislature is doing it again: attempting to bypass parents, school boards and those empowered to keep the peace. If approved, HB 415, allowing staff in public schools to carry concealed firearms, may bring an armed teacher to a school near Read More

Local Issues, Op-Eds

A Tale of Two Parties

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023Todd DeVries

What kind of narrative does your political party offer? Reading the recent back and forth within the news concerning purity tests, conformance pledges, and other requirements put forth by local Republican Party leaders calls to mind a classic children’s fantasy: Madeleine L’Engle’s Read More

Local Issues

Let’s make elections more flavorful by adopting the Ranked Choice Voting Initiative

November 12, 2023November 12, 2023Todd DeVries

Are you tired of being forced into making binary choices? Consider these divisive issues. Are you pro-life or pro-choice? Do you support Biden or Trump? For whom do you fan, BYU or BSU? This type of yes or no, up or down, Read More

Local Issues, Op-Eds

Opinion: Are we scared enough to vote differently?

August 17, 2023September 18, 2023Todd DeVries

No matter how you spin it, it has been an interesting summer for Idaho’s voters. Reagan’s “big Republican Party tent” is splitting apart. Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s attempt to define the Open Primaries Initiative was brought up short by Idaho’s Supreme Court. Read More

Local Issues, Op-Eds

Opinion: Legacy of Declaration of Independence encourages hope for more equitable world

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023Todd DeVries

 As we celebrate our nation’s independence, one wonders how history might have been different if our founding parents said, “Why bother?” Imagine John Adams writing: “Abigail, I am coming home. These loyalists just don’t get it. Besides, we cannot defeat the British.” It Read More

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