We need to fight opposition (02/17/10)
Just when you think people across southern Idaho support the possibility of bringing a new fighter program to the...

Two vital hearings (01/27/10)
We know the public usually doesn't attend hearings, but there are two coming up where attendance is vitally important....

Two sides, one solid argument, no easy answers (01/25/10)
In a meeting last week, Elmore County's Planning and Zoning Commission began the daunting task of possibly amending the...

Cuts now to bone (01/20/10)
To Gov. Butch Otter's credit, every time he has ordered a holdback in state funding, due to declining state revenues,...

Budget plan hurts education (01/13/10)
Gov. Butch Otter's proposed budget for next year is a realistic appraisal of the sad state of the economy. It also is a...

Toward a better future (12/30/09)
Few people will be sorry to see 2009 fade into the history books. Like an obnoxious uncle who overstays his welcome,...

Try again for peace on earth (12/23/09)
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." -- Luke 1:14 So spoke the angels more than...

Show your support for F-35 (12/16/09)
We cannot urge citizens strongly enough to send e-mails or letters to the Idaho congressional delegation urging support...

Cops help fulfill dreams (12/11/09)
With so many people across the country so obsessed with the need to go shopping during the Christmas season, it...

Plan deserves a chance (12/09/09)
President Obama's speech to the nation last week outlining his strategy for Afghanistan has drawn fire from both the...

Do we have the patience? (12/02/09)
Sometimes, what you inherit becomes yours. Increasingly, the War in Afghanistan is becoming President Obama's war and...

Slow down on health care (11/25/09)
The health care bill is now in the senate for final debate. Like most people, we haven't had time to read the...

Time for Christian charity (11/18/09)
This is a particularly hard year for many area families as they approach Christmas. Although the Great Recession began...

Veterans sacrifice a lot (11/11/09)
The shootings in Fort Hood last week have brought a certain poignancy to this year's Veteran's Day celebration. Across ...

They're all bad choices (11/04/09)
President Barack Obama is having a hard time choosing what strategy to take in Afghanistan -- in part because all of...

Be respectful Saturday (10/28/09)
Over the last generation Halloween has slowly morphed into an event that is less about door-to-door trick-or-treating...

Consider all implications (10/21/09)
The city should tread very carefully as it mulls a possible plan to allow extension of a sewer beyond the city limits...

A little premature, but.... (10/14/09)
President Obama's Nobel Peace prize seems a little premature for a man who has held office for less than a year. The...

No option looks good (10/07/09)
Some time in the next few weeks the Obama administration is going to make some hard decisions on the war in...

The real debate finally begins (09/30/09)
Now that this hysteria of the town hall meetings has subsided, Congress is starting to get serious about creating some...

Enough is enough (09/23/09)
Maybe we're just getting a little tired of the "dictatorship of the do-gooders," but the proposal to ban texting while...