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  • Sen. Kennedy: Americans understand what DOGE is doing, and why it is needed

    • “[Americans] have had to live through 20-percent inflation under President Biden. They understand what [Elon] Musk is doing. They understand spending on porn and wasting taxpayer money."
  • Nation builder: Trump eyes ownership of Gaza Strip
    “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip,” Trump announced Tuesday. Once redeveloped and under an American flag, he added, it could become “the Riviera of the Middle East.” The news shocked the world, but not Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who stood by the side of the president and smiled.
  • Who’s afraid of Jonathan Turley?
    AI is a powerful force shaping America’s economic future, and mastering it ought to be a key component of our national security strategy as well. But we should not rush blindly into this brave new AI future without being aware of the ways that AI is blinding us.
  • Poll: Colorado voters say GOP more represents working class
    Colorado voters are waning in their support for the Democrat Party, a new poll finds, as immigration and the economy continue to be top concerns.
  • Striking a balance with tariffs to protect U.S. interests
    The Trump tariffs are designed to stem the flow of fentanyl from China to Canada and Mexico and into the United States. They “contain clauses suspending a duty-free exemption for low-value shipments below $800 that is widely seen as a loophole that has allowed shipments of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals into the United States.”
  • Two-tiered justice: Disparities in Biden and Trump pardons
    News coverage on ABC, CBS, and NBC spent 46 minutes and 32 seconds covering Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons but only three minutes and 32 seconds on Biden pardoning his family. Overall, Biden has pardoned and commuted sentences for a record 4,245 criminals, including 37 murderers on death row. Some of these individuals are mass murderers, child rapists, and torturers who then murdered their victims, and many have never expressed remorse.
  • I heard I was in town – and retired
    This week, I was congratulated on my "recent retirement." Only one problem: I have not retired and have no plans to do so. But after 45 consecutive years in the print industry – and in damned near every capacity at one time or another – the thought has crossed my mind, as former West Union newspaperman Herb Lax used to say.
  • Hillsboro auditor questions senator over Senate Bill 56
    I am writing to inquire about a particular aspect of Senate Bill 56, which addresses the taxation of adult-use marijuana. I understand that the bill proposes the allocation of marijuana tax revenue to go to the state's general fund. However, I am concerned about this approach and would like to seek clarification on why this decision was made.
  • A sermon on Luke 5:1-11
    Ten-year old Joey was excited to go to school this day. The theatrical director would cast children for parts in the annual school play. Joey bounded with confidence he would be chosen for a part. Mom was not so sure. She dreaded the director would reject Joey because he was different than the other students. Joey had Down Syndrome and mental disabilities.
  • Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement won’t hurt the climate
    The American energy sector — powered by innovation and good-old-fashioned free market economics — has been driving down carbon emissions cheaply and effectively before the Paris Agreement was a twinkle in climate activists’ eyes.
  • Secret Service Agent: DEI contributed to near-killing of Trump
    A graduate of The Citadel, a prestigious military college in South Carolina, Rashid Ellis has served on the Secret Service’s Counter Assault Team, an elite unit that provides tactical support to the president of the United States. Ellis went on to serve on the Presidential Protective Detail, a top assignment protecting presidents and their families.
  • On the Moraine

    By Jim Thompson
    HCP columnist

    Prologue

  • Idahoans deserve more freedom, not less
    The will of the people is clear: we want more freedom, not less. The federal government ought to keep up.
  • Giving future leaders the chance to succeed
    A student’s education begins with their parents, not the government. To move American K-12 education forward, we must empower parents with more options and affirm their final say in what educational setting is best for their children. 
  • A new understanding
    We learn to live with these interesting creatures. Now, when I lie back in the field and watch them soar over the valley, I will do so with new understanding.
  • Both parties agree: Americans don’t want men playing in women’s sports
    Surveying nearly an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, a poll taken by the New York Times and polling company Ipsos showed that the majority of Americans do not want transgender-identifying men in women’s sports.
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